English Synonym Finder

crawl

Definitions

To move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground.

To move or progress at an unusually slow or labored pace.

To be covered or filled with a large number of moving things, such as insects.

Examples

The baby began to crawl across the soft living room rug.

Traffic started to crawl as the rush hour congestion intensified.

Synonyms

creep inch slither worm drag edge grovel

Antonyms

sprint dash race bolt rush speed hurry