The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ALUM , but the solution may also be GRAD which is one of the most recent solution (1967 in New York Times).
College man, for short crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ALUM | 33 % | 4 |
| SOPH | 33 % | 4 |
| GRAD | 33 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: College man, for short
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- grad
- collegian
- junior
- cook
- medicine
- manikin
- con
- gent
- eli
- sculler
- fob
- philanderer
Crossword Answer definitions
ALUM noun- An astringent salt, usually occurring in the form of pale crystals, much used in the dyeing and tanning trade and in certain medicines, and now understood to be a double sulphate of potassium and aluminium (K2SO4·Al2(SO4)3·24H2O).
- Any similar double sulphate in which either or both of the potassium and aluminium is wholly or partly replaced by other univalent or tervalent cations.
- To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum.
- (shortening) A past attendee or graduate (of either gender) of a college, university or other educational institution.
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 ALUM
- Fund-drive contact, perhaps
- Grad
- Graduate, for short
- Reunion attendee
- Topical astringent
- University grad
- Astringent
- Reunion member
- Styptic agent
- Homecoming attendee
More clues leading to the result SOPH
- Second year man, for short
- Jr's junior
- Next year's frosh
- Second-yr. student
- Certain student, for short
- PSAT taker, sometimes
- Former frosh
- Future Jr.
- Certain undergrad
- Dawson at the beginning of the WB's "Dawson's Creek," e.g.