Answer to "Captain" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SKIPPER , 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
SKIPPER	38 %	7
HEAD	38 %	4
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

SKIPPER noun

1. The master of a ship.
2. A coach, director, or other leader.
3. The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.

SKIPPER verb

1. To captain a ship or a sports team.

SKIPPER noun

1. Agent noun of skip: one who skips.
2. A person who skips, or fails to attend class.
3. Any of various butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and its subfamily Megathyminae, having a hairy mothlike body, hooked tips on the antennae, and a darting flight pattern.
4. Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira, the Pacific saury.
5. A young, thoughtless person.
6. The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly, in Piophilidae, which leaps to escape predators.

SKIPPER noun

1. A barn or shed in which to shelter for the night.

SKIPPER verb

1. To take shelter in a barn or shed.

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 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 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 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

More clues leading to the result TEAMLEADER

• Captain, say
• Captain
• T
• Squad captain, e.g.