The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HEAD , but the solution may also be TEAMLEADER which is one of the most recent solution (2016 in New York Times).
Captain crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HEAD | 38 % | 4 |
| SKIPPER | 38 % | 7 |
| MASTER | 13 % | 6 |
| TEAMLEADER | 13 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Captain
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- police chief
- chieftain
- master
- sea captain
- skipper
- head waiter
- police captain
- senior pilot
- capt
- comandante
- officer
- commander
Crossword Answer definitions
HEAD noun- The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs.
- The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
- (social, metonymy) A leader or expert.
- A significant or important part.
- Headway; progress.
- Topic; subject.
- Denouement; crisis.
- (fluid dynamics) Pressure and energy.
- Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
- The glans penis.
- A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
- Power; armed force.
- To be in command of. (See also head up.)
- To come at the beginning of; to commence.
- To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
- To move in a specified direction.
- To remove the head from a fish.
- To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
- To form a head.
- To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.
- To cut off the top of; to lop off.
- To behead; to decapitate.
- To go in front of.
- To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
- (by extension) To check or restrain.
- To set on the head.
- Of, relating to, or intended for the head.
- Foremost in rank or importance.
- Placed at the top or the front.
- Coming from in front.
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 HEAD
- Lead
- Cabbage unit
- Enterprise lavatory
- Facilities, aboard ship
- Highest in rank
- John, at sea?
- Peruke support
- Hollywood designer, Edith
- Kind of start
- With 2D, a Hollywood designer
More clues leading to the result SKIPPER
- Boat captain, or friend of Gilligan
- Ship's captain
- Any leader
- Captain.
- Nautical VIP.
- Bligh, for one
- Captain
- Ship officer (with orders for this puzzle?)
- Pilot
- Baseball manager, in slang
More clues leading to the result MASTER
- Merchant ship captain
- Become expert in
- Learn thoroughly
- Design expert who thinks about navigation
- Kind of class or plan
- Zen teacher
- Tony, to Jeannie
- Get the hang of
- Become an expert in
- Conquer