creature
1 animal, beast, being, brute, critter (U.S. dialect) dumb animal, living thing, lower animal, quadruped
2 body, character, fellow, human being, individual, man, mortal, person, soul, wight (archaic) woman
3 cohort (chiefly U.S.) dependant, hanger-on, hireling, instrument (informal) lackey, minion, puppet, retainer, tool, wretch