crawl | Definition of crawl

Synonyms and Antonyms of crawl

1 to move slowly with the body close to the ground

the time we had to crawl through a narrow passageway from one cave to another

Synonyms of crawl

belly, creep, grovel, slide, slither, snake, worm, wriggle

Words Related to crawl

edge, inch, nose

skulk, sneak, steal, tiptoe

2 to move slowly

the weekend traffic on the road to the beach just crawled

Synonyms of crawl

creak (along), creep, drag, inch, limp, nose, ooze, plod, poke, slouch, snail

Words Related to crawl

lumber, shamble, shuffle, tramp, trudge

Near Antonyms of crawl

float, glide, sail

Antonyms of crawl

fly, race, speed, whiz (or whizz), zip

3 to move or act slowly

the deadline is fast approaching, so this is no time to crawl

Synonyms of crawl

creep, dally, dawdle, delay, diddle, dillydally, drag, lag, linger, loiter, lollygag (also lallygag), mope, poke, shilly-shally, tarry

Words Related to crawl

fiddle (around), fool around, mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle

hang (around or out), idle, loaf, loll, lounge

amble, ease, inch, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stagger, stroll

decelerate, slow (down or up)

filibuster, procrastinate, stall, temporize

Phrases Synonymous with crawl

drag one's feet (also drag one's heels), drop behind, fall behind, hang fire, mark time, take one's time

Near Antonyms of crawl

bowl, breeze, dart, hump, hurtle, hustle, scramble, stampede

gallop, jog, run, sprint, trot

accelerate, quicken, speed (up)

catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake

Antonyms of crawl

barrel, bolt, career, course, dash, fly, hasten, hotfoot (it), hurry, race, rip, rocket, run, rush, scoot, scud, scurry, speed, tear, whirl, whisk, whiz (or whizz), zip

4 to be copiously supplied

something must be up, as city hall is crawling with reporters

Synonyms of crawl

abound, brim, bristle, bulge, burst, bustle, buzz, hum, overflow, pullulate, swarm, teem

Near Antonyms of crawl

lack, need, want