The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PEER which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Colleague crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PEER | 33 % | 4 |
| ALLY | 20 % | 4 |
| ASSOCIATE | 17 % | 9 |
| CONFRERE | 10 % | 8 |
| COMPATRIOT | 7 % | 10 |
| MATE | 7 % | 4 |
| COHORT | 3 % | 6 |
| COWORKER | 3 % | 8 |
Why may PEER be the right solution?
"PEER" is the right answer because a colleague is someone who works with you at the same level or in the same profession, making them your peer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Colleague
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fellow
- co-worker
- confrere
- fellow worker
- workfellow
- friend
- coworker
- collaborator
- classmate
- comrade
- teammate
- partner
Crossword Answer definitions
PEER noun- A look; a glance.
- To look with difficulty, or as if searching for something.
- To come in sight; to appear.
- Somebody who is, or something that is, at a level or of a value equal (to that of something else).
- Someone who is approximately the same age (as someone else).
- A noble with a hereditary title, i.e., a peerage, and in times past, with certain rights and privileges not enjoyed by commoners.
- A comrade; a companion; an associate.
- To make equal in rank.
- To carry communications traffic terminating on one's own network on an equivalency basis to and from another network, usually without charge or payment. Contrast with transit where one pays another network provider to carry one's traffic.
- Someone who pees, someone who urinates.
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 PEER
- Equal
- Jury person
- Kind of pressure
- Type of pressure
- Use a spyglass
- " __ Gynt"
- Get an eyeful
- Look narrowly
- Potential jury member
- "She stands today without a ___" (lyric in Rensselaer's alma mater, and yeah, this is a homer clue; sue me)
More clues leading to the result ALLY
- Align
- Band together
- Friendly associate
- Confederate
- Friend in Risk or Diplomacy
- Straight ___ (PFLAG member, e.g.)
- Comrade in arms
- Supporter
- Fighting partner
- Party to a defense treaty
More clues leading to the result ASSOCIATE
- Not yet a principal
- Marx, to Engels
- Hobnob
- Business partner
- Link
- Compatriot
- Not yet partner
- Colleague
- Like eight Supreme Court justices
- Aide
More clues leading to the result CONFRERE
More clues leading to the result COMPATRIOT
More clues leading to the result MATE
- "I win," to a chess player
- Significant other
- Missing sock
- Pal
- Brisbane buddy
- Game ender
- King's downfall
- An associate.
- Partner
- Spouse
More clues leading to the result COHORT
- Chum
- Partner in crime
- Moe, to Curly
- Abbott, to Costello
- Group of associates
- Associate
- Roman military unit
- Comrade
- Partner in crime, say
- Partner