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critter

crit·ter
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [krit-er]
    • /ˈkrɪt ər/
    • /ˈkrɪt.ər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [krit-er]
    • /ˈkrɪt ər/

Definitions of critter word

  • countable noun critter A critter is a living creature. 3
  • noun critter creature (sense 2) 3
  • noun critter a domesticated animal. 1
  • noun critter any creature. 1
  • noun critter A living creature; an animal. 1
  • noun critter creature, animal 1

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Parts of speech for Critter

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

critter popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 70% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

critter usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for critter

noun critter

  • pet — a fit of peevishness, sulking, or bad mood.
  • beast — You can refer to an animal as a beast, especially if it is a large, dangerous, or unusual one.
  • creature — You can refer to any living thing that is not a plant as a creature, especially when it is of an unknown or unfamiliar kind. People also refer to imaginary animals and beings as creatures.
  • stray — to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road.
  • being — Being is the present participle of be1.

Antonyms for critter

noun critter

  • mineral — any of a class of substances occurring in nature, usually comprising inorganic substances, as quartz or feldspar, of definite chemical composition and usually of definite crystal structure, but sometimes also including rocks formed by these substances as well as certain natural products of organic origin, as asphalt or coal.
  • plant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
  • humanitarian — having concern for or helping to improve the welfare and happiness of people.
  • angel — Angels are spiritual beings that some people believe are God's servants in heaven.
  • gentleman — a man of good family, breeding, or social position.

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