creep in

1. 1.

   enter surreptitiously

   “He sneaked in under cover of darkness”

   “In this essay, the author's personal feelings creep in”

   Synonymssneak in

   Broaderpenetrate

Questions about creep in

What does creep in mean?

creep in means "enter surreptitiously".

What is another word for creep in?

Close synonyms include sneak in. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is creep in a common word?

creep in is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.