Answer to "Auto gear" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word REVERSE , but the solution may also be DRIVE which is one of the most recent solution (2011 in New York Times).

Auto gear crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
REVERSE	60 %	7
DRIVE	20 %	5
LOW	10 %	3
FIRST	10 %	5

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Auto gear

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• low
• drive
• reverse
• first
• harness
• rev
• automatic
• axle
• cab
• cam
• chassis
• gearbox

Crossword Answer definitions

REVERSE noun

1. The opposite of something.
2. The act of going backwards; a reversal.
3. A piece of misfortune; a setback.
4. The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
5. The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
6. The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.
7. A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
8. A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.

REVERSE verb

1. To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
2. To turn something inside out or upside down.
3. To transpose the positions of two things.
4. To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
5. To return, come back.
6. To turn away; to cause to depart.
7. To cause to return; to recall.
8. To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
9. To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal.
10. To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
11. To place a set of points in the reverse position
12. (of points) to move from the normal position to the reverse position
13. To overthrow; to subvert.

REVERSE adjective

1. Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
2. Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
3. (of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
4. Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
5. Reversed.
6. In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.

REVERSE adverb

1. In a reverse way or direction; in reverse; upside-down.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result REVERSE

• Parallel parker's gear
• Side of a U.S. coin that expresses its value in words
• Gear used when parallel parking
• Flip
• Transpose
• About-face
• Turn around
• Way to go back
• One begins parallel parking in it
• Setback

More clues leading to the result DRIVE

• Transport Miss Daisy
• Urge along
• Automatic choice?
• Fire in the belly
• Get-up-and-go
• Google's cloud service
• Campaign
• Start of a hole
• Tee shot
• Sunday excursion

More clues leading to the result LOW

• Like some blows
• Girl Scout founder
• Immoral
• First gear
• Contemptible
• In need of supplies
• Like a bass
• Underhanded
• With 39-Across, like some cigarettes
• At sea level

More clues leading to the result FIRST

• At the head of the line
• Gold-medal position
• Unprecedented
• Who's position
• Winning position
• Leading
• Initial
• "Who's on ___?"
• Gold medalist's place
• Before anything else