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Crawl

🔄 Synonyms of "Crawl"

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
creepnoun	(intransitive) To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
fawnnoun	A young deer.
cringeverb	(intransitive, figuratively) To experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear; (by extension) to feel very embarrassed.
grovelverb	(intransitive) To abase oneself before another person.
cowerverb	(intransitive) To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
creepingnoun	The act of something that creeps.
crawlingnoun	The motion of something that crawls.
front crawlnoun	A style of swimming where the swimmer is face-down in the water and moves the arms in alternating overhead strokes.
australian crawlnoun	The front crawl swimming stroke.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Crawl"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
creepnoun	(intransitive) To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
creepingnoun	The act of something that creeps.
grovelverb	(intransitive) To abase oneself before another person.
cowerverb	(intransitive) To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
cringeverb	(intransitive, figuratively) To experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear; (by extension) to feel very embarrassed.
australian crawlnoun	The front crawl swimming stroke.
front crawlnoun	A style of swimming where the swimmer is face-down in the water and moves the arms in alternating overhead strokes.
fawnnoun	A young deer.
slitherverb	(intransitive) To move about smoothly and from side to side.
slidenoun	(ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
hideverb	(transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.
walkverb	(intransitive) To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.
infiltratenoun	(ambitransitive) To surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access to.
climbverb	(intransitive) To ascend; rise; to go up.
tracknoun	A mark left by something that has passed along.
tracenoun	An act of tracing.
exploitverb	(transitive) To use (something) to someone's advantage, such as one's own benefit or a society's benefit.
sniffernoun	(networking) A software or hardware tool for intercepting and logging network traffic.
backtrackingnoun	(computer science) The act of building all possible solutions to a problem incrementally, abandoning any candidate solution if it cannot lead to a valid solution.
advancenoun	To help the progress of (something); to further.