creatures

crea-tures · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (plural of "creature") Animals, as distinct from human beings.

  2. 2.

    Animals or people.

  3. 3.

    Fictional or imaginary beings, typically frightening ones.

Related words

See also: animals, beings, creature
Synonyms: animals, beasts, beings, organisms

Etymology

Plural of creature, from Old French creature, from Latin creatura meaning "a created being."