Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun creatine

1 sense of creatine

Sense 1
creatine, creatin -- (an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both in the free form and as phosphocreatine; supplies energy for muscle contraction)
       => amino acid, aminoalkanoic acid -- (organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group; "proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 common amino acids")