creature

About 11.48 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A thing or being that has been created; a creation. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. noun A human.

   She's the most beautiful creature I've ever laid eyes on.

3. noun A living being; an animal, monster, or alien, often as distinct from a human being.

   insects and other creatures

4. noun A being subservient to or dependent upon another.
5. noun A result or product of something; a (figurative) creation.

   He's a creature of circumstance.

6. noun ↑ The Concise Oxford English Dictionary, eleventh edition, (Can we date this quote?)

Similar words

beast fauna animal tool wight puppet brute animate being monkey offshoot

Often followed by

of in that is who to was with and

Word family

creatural creature of habit creaturehood creaturehoods creatureliness creaturelinesses creaturely creatures creatures of habit