crawl

The word “crawl” has 1 syllable: crawl

It's pronounced as /krɔl/

What is synonym and antonym for crawl?

In the thesaurus, “crawl” has 91 synonyms and 49 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for crawl along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for crawl

Antonyms for crawl

Meanings of crawl

noun
1. The act of moving slowly on hands and knees etc, or with frequent stops.
2. A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.
3. A very slow pace.
4. A piece of horizontally or vertically scrolling text overlaid on the main image.
5. A pen or enclosure of stakes and hurdles for holding fish.
verb
1. To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.
2. To move forward slowly, with frequent stops.
3. To act in a servile manner.
4. (with "with") See crawl with.
5. To feel a swarming sensation.
6. To swim using the crawl stroke.
7. To move over an area on hands and knees.
8. To visit while becoming inebriated.
9. To visit files or web sites in order to index them for searching.

Example Sentences

The baby began to crawl across the living room floor.
Soldiers had to crawl under the wire during training.
I watched a spider crawl slowly up the wall.
Exhausted, he could only crawl to the finish line.
Traffic would crawl through the city during rush hour.

On this page you'll find 140 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to crawl, such as: abound, accelerate, amble, backup, barrel, belly, bolt.

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backup
blocking back
bottleneck
congestion
crawl
delay
flanker back
fullback
gridlock
halfback
jam
jam-up
lock
logjam
offensive back
plunging back
slotback
slowdown
snarl
stoppage
tangle
tie-up
traffic
wingback

abound

be alive with
be all over the place
be knee deep in
be no end to
be plentiful
be thick with
brim
bristle
bulge
burst
bustle
buzz
crawl
crawl with
crowd
flourish
flow
have a full plate
hum
infest
overflow
proliferate
pullulate
swarm
swell
teem
thrive

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