CREATURE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CREATURE?

Need another word that means the same as “creature”? Find 27 synonyms and 30 related words for “creature” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Creature” are: puppet, tool, wight, animal, beast, brute, fauna, person, human being, human, being, mortal, soul, thing, fellow, individual, character, wretch, beggar, minion, lackey, flunkey, hireling, subordinate, servant, retainer, vassal

Creature as a Noun

Definitions of "Creature" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “creature” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else.
• A person or organization considered to be under the complete control of another.
• Anything living or existing.
• A fictional or imaginary being.
• A person of a specified kind.
• A living organism characterized by voluntary movement.
• An animal or person.
• An animal, as distinct from a human being.
• A human being; `wight' is an archaic term.

Synonyms of "Creature" as a noun (27 Words)

animal	An animal as opposed to a human being. Those men have to be animals what they did to that boy was savage.
beast	A thing possessing a specified quality. Sex beasts who are assaulting victims.
beggar	A person of a specified type, especially one to be envied or pitied. Poor little beggars.
being	Being alive living. Many factions remained in being.
brute	A living organism characterized by voluntary movement. A great brute of a machine.
character	A characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something. To what do I owe this attack on my character.
fauna	The animals of a particular region, habitat, or geological period. The flora and fauna of Siberia.
fellow	An informal form of address for a man. He was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association.
flunkey	A person of unquestioning obedience.
hireling	A person who works only for money. The poorly paid hirelings in their shabby clothes.
human	A human being.
human being	Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage.
individual	A human being. Boat trips for parties and individuals.
lackey	A servant, especially a liveried footman or manservant. Lackeys were waiting to help them from the carriage.
minion	A servile or fawning dependant. He gets oppressed minions like me to fob them off.
mortal	A human being subject to death, as opposed to a divine being. An ambassador had to live in a style which was not expected of lesser mortals.
person	A category used in the classification of pronouns possessive determiners and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker first person the addressee second person or a third party third person. A weapon was hidden on his person.
puppet	A small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer. A former revolutionary hero who is now a puppet of the state.
retainer	A servant, especially one who has worked for a person or family for a long time. Faithful family retainers.
servant	A person employed in the service of a government. A government servant.
soul	The spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or animal, regarded as immortal. Brevity is the soul of wit.
subordinate	An assistant subject to the authority or control of another. He was mild mannered especially with his subordinates.
thing	Anything used for emphasis. He looks like he s wearing boxers underneath his trunks is that a thing.
tool	A distinct design in the tooling of a book. Computers are an essential tool.
vassal	A person or country in a subordinate position to another. A vassal state of the Ottoman Empire.
wight	A human being wight is an archaic term. He always was an unlucky wight.
wretch	Someone you feel sorry for. Can the poor wretch s corpse tell us anything.

Usage Examples of "Creature" as a noun

• Night sounds of birds and other creatures.
• You heartless creature!
• As fellow creatures on this planet, animals deserve respect.
• A creature from outer space.
• Dress, jewels, and other transitory creatures.
• The village teacher was expected to be the creature of his employer.

Associations of "Creature" (30 Words)

abide	(of a feeling or memory) continue without fading or being lost. If there is one thing I cannot abide it is a lack of discipline.
alive	Continuing in existence or use. Doctors are working hard to keep him alive.
archaeopteryx	Extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds.
being	Being alive living. A point of view gradually coming into being.
biologically	With respect to biology. The world s most biologically diverse ecosystems.
brute	A living organism characterized by voluntary movement. A great brute of a machine.
dweller	A person or animal that lives in or at a specified place. City dwellers.
existence	All that exists. The biggest tree in existence.
existential	Of or as conceived by existentialism. Formal logicians are not concerned with existential matters.
extant	Still in existence; surviving. Extant manuscripts.
fauna	All the animal life in a particular region or period. The flora and fauna of Siberia.
flagellate	A usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals. He flagellated himself with branches.
fungus	An organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia. Fallen logs were overgrown with bright fungus.
genetically	By genetic mechanisms. Hair colour is genetically determined.
habitat	The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism. A marine habitat.
humankind	Human beings considered collectively (used as a neutral alternative to ‘mankind. The origin of humankind.
incarnation	The form taken by a person or thing during an incarnation. In a previous journalistic incarnation I worked at Westminster.
inhabit	Be an inhabitant of or reside in. Strange notions inhabited her mind.
life	An account of the series of events making up a person s life. She didn t want to die she loved life.
lifelong	Lasting or remaining in a particular state throughout a person’s life. The two men were to remain lifelong friends.
living	Pertaining to living persons. What does he do for a living.
organism	The material structure of an organism. The Church is a divinely constituted organism.
outlive	Survive or last beyond (a specified period or expected lifespan. She outlived her husband by many years.
phylum	(linguistics) a large group of languages that are historically related.
physiology	The branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms. The physiology of the brain.
presence	The act of being present. My presence in the flat made her happy.
protoplasm	The substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus.
unicellular	(of an evolutionary or developmental stage) characterized by the formation or presence of a single cell or cells. The unicellular precursors of arms and legs.
vertebrate	Denoting a vertebrate or relating to the vertebrates as a group.
zoology	The branch of biology that studies animals. The zoology of the Pliocene epoch.