Nouns (2)
crawl, crawling
n. a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep"
Verbs (0)
Adverbs (3)
along, with, in accompaniment
adv. together with somebody, as a companion or in association with: "His little sister came along to the movies"
Adjectives (4)
crawling, bumper-to-bumper
adj. used of traffic; "bumper-to-bumper traffic"
crawling, creeping
adj. moving or progressing very slowly or laboriously esp by or as if by dragging the body along close to the ground: "huge crawling reptiles"; "a creeping tractor"
Fuzzynyms (0)
Synonyms (80)
behind time
adj. (of timepieces) registering earlier than what is correct
dawdling, pokey, laggard, dilatory, poky
adj. wasting time
dragging
adj. passing painfully or tediously slowly; "the dragging minutes"
drawling, drawn-out
adj. (used of speech) uttered slowly with prolonged vowels
sluggish, lazy, languid
adj. slow to move or act
long-play, long-playing
adj. (used of records) playing at a slower speed and for a longer time than earlier records
slack, sluggish
adj. with little movement; very slow; "a sluggish stream"
slow-moving
adj. moving slowly; "slow-moving cars"
active, on the move
adj. being in physical motion: "active fish in the aquarium"; "a nurse is on the move all day"
walking, afoot, on foot
adj. traveling by foot; "she was afoot when I saw her this morning"
agitated, tossing
adj. thrown from side to side; "a tossing ship"
approaching, oncoming
adj. moving toward one
self-propelled, self-propelling, automotive
adj. containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement; "a self-propelled vehicle"
riding, awheel
adj. traveling by wheeled vehicle such as bicycle or automobile e.g.; "the riding public welcomed the new buses"
circling
adj. moving in a circle
circulating
adj. moving or flowing in a circuit and returning to the same point: "steam circulating through the pipes"; "the circulating thyroid hormones"
flowing, streaming
adj. moving smoothly and continuously; "crowds flowing through the canyons of the streets"; "fan streaming into the concert hall"
pouring, flowing, gushing
adj. moving smoothly and continuously; "crowds flowing through the canyons of the streets"; "fan streaming into the concert hall"
fluttering, flittering
adj. moving rapidly to and fro (as wings): "fluttering birds"; "the flittering wings of a fledgling"
jetting, spouting, spurting, squirting
adj. propelled violently in a usually narrow stream
road, traveling, travelling, touring, itinerant, peripatetic
adj. working for a short time in different places; "itinerant laborers"; "a road show"; "traveling salesman"; "touring company"
kinetic
adj. characterized by motion; "modern dance has been called kinetic pantomime"
marching
adj. "marching orders"
shuffling, milling
adj. moving about or around: "the milling crowd"
mobile, movable
adj. having transportation available
passing
adj. allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily; "a passing grade"
wheeling, turning, revolving, rotating
adj. turning about an axis
rushing
adj. moving or as if moving with extreme rapidity: "the typical mountain stream is a rushing torrent"; "the rushing yellow of the developing day"
shifting
adj. continuously varying; "taffeta with shifting colors"
whirling, spinning
adj. moving or driven rapidly in a rotary or twisting motion; "a tornado's whirling winds"; "swirling currents"
twisting, squirming, wiggling, wriggling, writhing, vermiculate
adj. having a twisting or snake-like or wormlike motion; "squirming boys"; "wiggly worms"; "writhing snakes"
waving, streaming
adj. "banners waving in the breeze"
sweeping
adj. taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination; "a sweeping glance"; "a wide-sweeping view of the river"
underway, under way
adj. currently in progress; "there is mischief afoot"; "plans are afoot"; "preparations for the trial are underway"
unreeling, unwinding
adj. unwinding from or as if from a reel; "recorded on the unreeling film inside her"; "a long unwinding silk cocoon"
whirling, swirling
adj. moving or driven rapidly in a rotary or twisting motion; "a tornado's whirling winds"; "swirling currents"
Antonyms (0)
crawling with
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