creature

/ˈkriː.tʃər/

意味: 生き物

例文: Philo spoke kindly to every strange garden creature.
　　  フィロは奇妙な庭の生き物すべてに優しく語りかけた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: mythical creature(神話の生き物), sea creature(海の生き物), strange creature(奇妙な生き物)

定義: 生き物や動物のことを指します。特に、動物や想像上の生物を指すことが多いです。人間以外の生き物を広く指す言葉です。

creatureは約70,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
Noun: a human being; `wight’ is an archaic term
Noun: a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The creature hides quietly in the dark forest.(その生き物は暗い森の中で静かに隠れている。)
Scientists discovered a new creature deep underwater.(科学者たちは深海で新しい生き物を発見した。)
Every creature plays a role in the ecosystem.(すべての生き物が生態系で役割を果たしている。)

 

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Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna, puppet, tool, wight

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): organism, person, slave

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abator, abjurer, abomination, abstainer, achiever, acquaintance, acquirer, active, actor, adjudicator, admirer, adoptee, adult, adventurer, adversary, advisee, advocate, aerobe, affiant, african, agnostic, amateur, amerindian, amphidiploid, anaerobe, ancient, animal, animalcule, anomaly, anti, anti-american, applicant, appointee, appreciator, apprehender, aquarius, archaist, aries, arrogator, assessee, asthmatic, atavist, authority, autodidact, baby boomer, baby buster, bad guy, bad person, baldhead, balker, bather, beard, bedfellow, benthos, bereaved, best, birth, biter, black, blogger, blond, bluecoat, bodybuilder, bomber, bond servant, bondman, bondwoman, brunet, bullfighter, buster, cancer, candidate, capitalist, capricorn, captor, carrier, case, cashier, celebrant, censor, chameleon, changer, charmer, child, chutzpanik, clone, closer, clumsy person, collector, color-blind person, combatant, commensal, commoner, communicator, complexifier, compulsive, computer user, conspecific, contemplative, contestant, convert, copycat, counter, counterterrorist, coward, crawler, creator, creature, creditor, cripple, dancer, dead person, deaf person, debaser, debtor, defecator, delayer, deliverer, demander, denizen, dieter, differentiator, diploid, disentangler, disputant, dissenter, divider, domestic partner, double, dresser, dribbler, drug user, dwarf, dyslectic, ectomorph, effecter, elizabethan, emotional person, endomorph, engineer, enjoyer, enrollee, entertainer, ethnic, eukaryote, experimenter, expert, explorer, extrovert, face, faddist, faller, fastener, female, fiduciary, first-rater, follower, free agent, friend, fugitive, fungus, gainer, galley slave, gambler, gatekeeper, gatherer, gemini, gentile, good guy, good person, granter, greeter, grinner, groaner, grunter, guesser, handicapped person, haploid, hater, heteroploid, heterosexual, heterotroph, homosexual, homunculus, hope, hoper, host, huddler, hugger, hybrid, immune, individual, individualist, inhabitant, innocent, insured, intellectual, interpreter, introvert, jat, jew, jewel, jumper, junior, juvenile, katharobe, killer, kink, kneeler, knocker, knower, large person, latin, laugher, leader, learner, left-hander, leo, libra, life, lightning rod, linguist, literate, liver, longer, loose cannon, loved one, lover, machine, mailer, malcontent, male, man, man jack, manipulator, married, mascot, masturbator, measurer, mesomorph, mestizo, microorganism, middlebrow, miracle man, misogamist, mixed-blood, modern, money handler, monolingual, mother hen, mouse, mutant, mutilator, myrmecophile, namer, namesake, national, native, neglecter, neighbor, nekton, neutral, nondescript, nonmember, nonparticipant, nonpartisan, nonperson, nonreligious person, nonresident, nonsmoker, nonvascular organism, nonworker, nude, nurser, occultist, optimist, orphan, ostrich, ouster, outcaste, outdoorsman, owner, pamperer, pansexual, parasite, pardoner, parent, partner, party, passer, peer, perceiver, percher, person, person of color, personage, personification, perspirer, philosopher, picker, pisces, pisser, plankton, planner, plant, player, polymorph, polyploid, postdiluvian, posturer, powderer, precursor, preserver, primitive, prokaryote, propositus, public relations person, pursuer, pussycat, quarter, quitter, radical, realist, recombinant, rectifier, redhead, registrant, relative, relict, reliever, religious person, repeater, rescuer, rester, restrainer, revenant, rich person, right-hander, riser, romper, roundhead, ruler, rusher, sagittarius, saprobe, saprophyte, scientist, scorpio, scratcher, second-rater, seeder, seeker, segregate, self, sensualist, sentimentalist, sex object, sex symbol, shaker, showman, signer, simpleton, sitter, six-footer, skidder, slav, slave, sleepyhead, sloucher, small person, smasher, smiler, sneezer, sniffer, sniffler, snuffer, snuffler, socializer, sort, sounding board, sphinx, spitter, sport, sprawler, spurner, squinter, stander, stifler, stigmatic, stooper, stranger, struggler, subject, supernumerary, surrenderer, survivalist, survivor, suspect, tagger, tapper, taurus, tempter, termer, terror, testator, thin person, third-rater, thrower, tiger, totemist, toucher, transfer, transsexual, transvestite, traveler, trier, turner, tyrant, undoer, unfortunate, unskilled person, unwelcome person, user, utterer, vanisher, victim, victorian, virgo, visionary, visually impaired person, waiter, waker, walk-in, wanter, ward, warrior, watcher, weakling, weasel, white, wiggler, winker, withholder, witness, worker, worldling, yawner, zooid

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): acrodont, adult, biped, captive, chordate, creepy-crawly, critter, darter, domestic animal, embryo, feeder, female, fictional animal, game, giant, herbivore, hexapod, homeotherm, insectivore, invertebrate, larva, male, marine animal, mate, metazoan, migrator, molter, mutant, omnivore, peeper, pest, pet, pleurodont, poikilotherm, predator, prey, racer, range animal, scavenger, stayer, stunt, survivor, thoroughbred, varmint, work animal, young, zooplankton

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: animalise, animalize, beastly, bestial, create

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: rare

Usage Context: general

Grammatical Notes:

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

大学受験レベル

英検準2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Movies(映画): Finding Nemo, The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: disgust, fear, negative