creature

1 a living organism characterized by voluntary movement [syn: animal, animate being, beast, brute, fauna]

2 a human being; `wight' is an archaic term [syn: wight]

3 a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else [syn: tool, puppet]

English

Alternative spellings

• creäture

Etymology

Existing since in the original sense of “a created thing”, borrowed via from creatura, from creare.

Pronunciation

• a UK , /ˈkɹiːʧə/, /"kr\i:tS@/
• a US , /ˈkɻiːʧɚ/, /"kr\`i:tS@`/

• Rhymes: -iːtʃə(r)

Noun

1. A created thing, whether animate or inanimate.
2. Anything created or not self-existent.
3. A living being that moves of its own volition.
4. An animal or human.
5. A being subservient to or dependent upon another.

   In order to remind the Kapos they were just his creatures, the concentration camp commandant regularly gave one of them an arbitrary lashing on the bare; any willfullness meant replacing by a new, humbler creature

Usage notes

• For an explanation of the specialised use of the alternative spelling creäture, see its entry’s usage notes.''

Related terms

• create
• created
• creates
• creating
• creation
• creations
• creative
• creatively
• creator
• creators
• creatrices
• creatrix

Derived terms

• creature comfort

Translations

References

Italian

Noun

creature

1. Plural of creatura

A creature is a living organism. The word is generally used to refer to non-human animals but does include humans, and it is also sometimes used to mean monster. The word is commonly referred to as creech.

Other uses for creature include:

• Something which has been created in the theological sense
• Legendary creature
• Creature of statute, an organization, such as a corporation, created by statute or treated by statute in some respects as if it were a person separate from its members or owners

Gaming

• Creatures Inc., a Japanese toy company subsidiary of Nintendo.
• Creature cards, a type of card in the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game
• Creatures (artificial life program), a series of computer games
• Creatures (Commodore 64 game)

Music

• Creature, a Canadian band
• Creature, an album by Canadian alternative rock band Moist
• Creatures (album), an album by American rock band Elf Power
• The Creatures, a side project of Siouxsie & the Banshees
• Creature is the pseudonym of a guitarist in the undercore band Deadsy
• Creatures (For A While) is a song by the band 311
• Creature, a song by the metalcore band Atreyu

Other uses

• Creature, a character from the reality show Who Wants to Be a Superhero?
• Creature (film), a 1985 sci-fi film by William Malone
• Creature is a Seattle-based advertising agency http://www.creatureseattle.com

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