creature
noun
Simple meaning
A living being, such as an animal, monster.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈkɹitʃɚ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.
An unidentified, mysterious, and often monstrous animal or being.
A being subservient to or dependent upon another.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B2 · Upper Intermediate
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- Neutral / general English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.
Used this way, creature is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use creature
- “The tiny creature scurried across the forest floor and disappeared.”
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Word Family
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Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
Things that make you comfortable and at ease.
A creature that has not been observed but is hypothesized to exist.
A creature of the imagination.
A monster that is unverifiable but popularly accepted as possibly factual.
Any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals.
A monster renowned in folklore and myth.
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