creature

5 definitions • 10 examples

any large or small living thing that can move independently:

Rainforests are filled with amazing creatures.

living creature Don't all living creatures have certain rights?

Blue whales are the largest creatures ever to have lived.

used to refer to a life form that is unusual or imaginary:

The unicorn is a mythical creature.

The film was about creatures from outer space.

The duck-billed platypus is a truly bizarre creature.

used to refer to a person when an opinion is being expressed about them:

poor creature These poor creatures were starving and dressed in rags.

He's an odd creature in many ways.

He seemed to think that women were mysterious creatures.

any living thing, esp. an animal

A creature can be a person when an opinion is being expressed about them:

It seems clear to me that people are creatures of emotion.