ALL meanings of creature
crea·ture
C c - noun creature a human being 3
- noun creature a strange or imaginary being 3
- noun creature one completely dominated by another or dependent on another 3
- countable noun 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. 3
- countable noun creature If you say that someone is a particular type of creature, you are focusing on a particular quality they have. 3
- countable noun creature If you describe someone as someone else's creature, you mean that they are controlled by or depend on that person. 3
- noun creature a living being, esp an animal 3
- noun creature something that has been created, whether animate or inanimate 3
- noun creature a human being; person: used as a term of scorn, pity, or endearment 3
- noun creature a person who is dependent upon another; tool or puppet 3
- noun creature anything created, animate or inanimate 3
- noun creature an animate or living being 3
- noun creature a domestic animal, specif. a horse 3
- noun creature an animal, especially a nonhuman: the creatures of the woods and fields; a creature from outer space. 1
- noun creature anything created, whether animate or inanimate. 1
- noun creature person; human being: She is a charming creature. The driver of a bus is sometimes an irritable creature. 1
- noun creature an animate being. 1
- noun creature An animal, as distinct from a human being. 1
- noun creature a person whose position or fortune is owed to someone or something and who continues under the control or influence of that person or thing: The cardinal was a creature of Louis XI. 1
- noun creature Scot. and Older U.S. Use. intoxicating liquor, especially whiskey (usually preceded by the): He drinks a bit of the creature before bedtime. 1
- noun creature animal, beast 1
- noun creature monster, fantastical being 1
- noun creature person 1
- noun creature (now rare) A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation. 0
- noun creature A living being; an animal or human. 0
- noun creature A being subservient to or dependent upon another. 0