Definition for Crawl:

• move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; " The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"

Synonyms for Crawl:

• adj.

  •infest (adjective)
  • crawler.

• n.

  •
  • stray,
  • trek,
  • amble,
  • wander,
  • saunter,
  • stroll,
  • hike,
  • squirm,
  • walk,
  • writhe,
  • stride,
  • snake,
  • step.
  •
  • decompression,
  • hang back,
  • inch,
  • lag.
  •
  • slide,
  • court,
  • charm.
  •
  • fast,
  • ease,
  • drift.
  •
  • rich,
  • flow,
  • big.
  •
  • like,
  • fear.
  •
  • alight,
  • fly,
  • hatch,
  • hover,
  • beat,
  • chirp,
  • flutter.
  •crawl (noun)
  • cower,
  • Australian Crawl,
  • crawling,
  • creep,
  • front crawl,
  • creeping.

• v.

  •humble oneself (verb)
  • truckle,
  • apple-polish,
  • abase oneself,
  • toady,
  • brownnose.
  •move very slowly (verb)
  • lollygag,
  • poke,
  • pull oneself along,
  • move on hands and knees,
  • go on belly,
  • plod,
  • clamber,
  • drag oneself along,
  • go on all fours,
  • move at snail's pace.
  •slow (verb)
  • delay,
  • dawdle,
  • hinder,
  • loiter,
  • trudge,
  • slow.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • breaststroke,
  • butter up,
  • infestation,
  • bathing,
  • lifeguard,
  • straggle,
  • enclosure,
  • diver,
  • poke along,
  • backstroke,
  • lifesaving,
  • diving,
  • pullulate,
  • sidle,
  • propitiate,
  • chug,
  • brown-nose.
  •
  • abound,
  • gala,
  • jackknife,
  • teem,
  • bathe,
  • butterfly,
  • cannonball.
  •
  • freestyle,
  • bristle,
  • lifesaver,
  • meander,
  • nudge,
  • medley.
  •
  • trickle,
  • paddle.
  •
  • plunge,
  • overflow,
  • dive.
  •
  • dip.
  •
  • sting,
  • edge.
  •
  • trail,
  • process.
  •
  • spin.
  •
  • climb.
  •
  • work.
  •
  • draw.
  •cringe
  • wince.
  •grovel
  • kiss one's feet.
  •pass
  • slip away.
  •slither
  • Snaking,
  • sinuate.
  •swim
  • wading.
  •teem
  • be prolific,
  • Superabound.
  •water sport
  • swimming.

Paraphrases for Crawl:

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    explore, creep, slip, browse, navigate, hide, exploit.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    backtracking.
  • Adverb
    ramp.
  • Verb, base form
    grovel, walking, ramp, fawn.

Antonyms for Crawl:

• v.

  • move very slowly
    rush.
  • Other antonyms:
    catch up, need, jog, hurry, tear, glide, quicken, run, lack, outpace, barrel, whiz, hump, whirl, float, outrun, hustle, scud, race, dart, accelerate, stampede, overtake, zip, speed, whisk, dash, scramble, rip, want, trot, bowl, outstrip, course, sail, hotfoot, breeze.

Homophones for Crawl:

• carrel, churl, curl, cure-all, KROL, check girl, carlyle, cheerily, choral, corolla, corelli, carroll, crall, ceryle, car wheel, cockerel, cog railway, cyrilla, krall, chorale, cigarillo, crural, cruel, carrell, criollo, cowgirl, kroll, creel, carryall, corral, coral, curlew, creole, cereal, caesural, cascarilla, carol, casserole, curly.

Hypernym for Crawl:

• v.

  • motion
    formicate.

Hyponym for Crawl:

• n.

  • act
    movement, move, motion.

• v.

  • motion
    locomote, move, travel, go, swim.
  • stative
    feel, pullulate, swarm, teem.