A Creature
- A living being; an animal.
- (sometimes derogatory) A human.
- (now rare, religion) A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation.
- A being subservient to or dependent upon another.
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For an explanation of the specialised use of the alternative spelling creäture, see its entry’s usage notes.
Adjectives often applied to "creature": evil, living, little, mythical, poor, strange, beautiful, wild, rational, marine, social, legendary, good, mysterious, curious, magical, dangerous, mythological, bizarre, monstrous, unhappy, huge, lowly, ugly, happy, unique, odd, weird, demonic, divine, imaginary, hideous, fabulous, nocturnal, angelic, political.