CREATURES Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

creatures

noun

plural of creature

as in men

a member of the human race we must try to be kind to our fellow creatures

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as in animals

one of the lower animals as distinguished from human beings a saint who is celebrated for his love of birds and other small creatures

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Recent Examples of creatures Rather than relying on supernatural creatures or elaborate mythology, Fears to Fathom builds suspense around seemingly ordinary situations that take increasingly terrifying turns. — Denise Petski, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026 Here are five ways to make your Halloween display friendlier to the creatures that fly, slither and scurry through your yard. — Katie Koschalk, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2026 The story is elevated by its weird and lovely illustrations of spiders on strike, forest creatures both natural and supernatural, and a bog that is always, always watching. — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026 Del Toro has been known to share a deep passion with Rambaldi for creatures used in contemporary fantasy and horror cinema made through the artisanal use of animatronics. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026 Its skeleton becomes a new home for other creatures that can live there for decades. — David MacK, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026 In the last few months, sea creatures such as whale and hammerhead sharks, devil rays, wahoos and other fish species have been seen by beachgoers and amateur anglers from Orange County to Malibu. — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 However, the vision to revive animals like the woolly mammoth goes far beyond creating a real-life Jurassic Park with previously extinct creatures. — Colleen McKown, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2026 Margaret teams up with security expert Daniel Kellner (Josh O’Connor) – and a few woodland creatures – to unravel the biggest cover-up in history. — Tom Bailey, Space.com, 9 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Forty years after two powerful men met in Reykjavík, three women—indeed, three world leaders—came together to continue the conversation.

— Halla Tómasdóttir, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Black men are imprisoned at more than five times the rate of white men, and a lot of commentators move straight from that number to the conclusion that the criminal justice system is racist.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of men

Noun

If a landscape is truly untouched by humans, then natural forces—plants, animals, wind, water, lightning—should be able to account for everything that happens there.

— M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Mourners gathered Sunday outside the home where the shooting unfolded, leaving candles, flowers and stuffed animals.

— Eric Mack, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of animals

Noun

Another 13 people were wounded on downtown Sacramento’s K Street and 10th Street, in what became the deadliest mass shooting in the city’s history.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026
Organizers say more than 125,000 people are expected throughout the event, bringing in millions of dollars for the local economy.

— Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 19 June 2026

Definition of people

Noun

So not only is this locker room very talented, but there’s a lot of guys knocking on the door in the minor-league system that can be really impactful players.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Drama at the Valley City, Ohio Frog Jump In 1962, a few guys at a bar were looking for an event to put the town of Valley City, Ohio on the map.

— David Morgan, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of guys

Noun

Which brings us back to the list of things that lasted longer than Zacharia’s term as White House Press Secretary.

— Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
The wide-leg pants keep things relaxed, and the ruched waist on the knit top adds shape and makes the whole look feel more polished than a standard sweatshirt set.

— Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of things

Noun

Most notably, some leading Chinese thinkers believe robotics could be the key to unlocking artificial general intelligence—systems capable of performing as well as or better than humans across most tasks.

— Scott Singer, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2026
There are many things humans do that are difficult to imagine any machine improving upon, but driving is not one of them.

— Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of humans

Noun

This is then put in dialogue with Nourry’s other artworks around the theme of women as mythological beings.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
In the Prime Video limited series, set 50 years after Blade Runner 2049, the simmering conflict between the artificial beings, known as Replicants, and humans has erupted into outright war, and humans lost.

— Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2026

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