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Noun: creature  kree-chu(r)
  1. A living organism characterized by voluntary movement
    - animal, animate being, beast, brute, fauna
     
  2. A living being
    - wight [archaic]
     
  3. A person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
    - tool, puppet

Derived forms: creatures

Type of: being, individual, mortal, organism, person, slave, somebody, someone, soul

Part of: animal kingdom, Animalia, kingdom Animalia

Encyclopedia: Creature