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creaturess

creaturess is the female equivalent of creature.

Meaning of creature

Noun

creature (plural creatures)

  1. A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.
    • insects and other creatures
  2. An unidentified, mysterious, and often monstrous animal or being.
    • When it comes to this creature you have to unlearn everything you've ever learned about physiology. For example, when its appendages emerge to feed, they do so using incredible bursts of growth, quite unlike anything ever seen before […]2015 February 25, Nathan Kuzack, The Anguisher Creature, Nathan Kuzack
  3. (derogatory, sometimes) A human.
    • He's a creature of habit.
  4. (uncommon) A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation.
    • Thoughts, my mindes creatures, often are with thee, / But I, their maker, want their libertie.1633, John Donne, Sapho to Philænis
  5. A being subservient to or dependent upon another.
    • "You know what I advise," said Mrs. Smith. "Ask Miss Dunstable to advance the money on the same security which the duke holds. She will be as safe then as he is now. And if you can arrange that, stand for the county against him; perhaps you may be beaten."
      "I shouldn't have a chance."
      "But it would...1861, Anthony Trollope, Framley Parsonage
    Synonyms:
    puppet

Forms of creaturess

pluralcreaturesses

Origin of creaturess

From creature + -ess.

Questions about creaturess

What is creaturess the female equivalent of?
Creaturess is the female equivalent of creature.

Words near creaturess in the dictionary

  1. creatures of habit
  2. creatures of statute
  3. creatures of the night
  4. creatureship
  5. creaturesome
  6. creaturess
  7. creaturesses
  8. creaturish
  9. creaturism
  10. creaturize
  11. creaturized

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