The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word WILL , but the solution may also be RESOLVE which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in Wall Street Journal).
Determination crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WILL | 35 % | 4 |
| RESOLVE | 25 % | 7 |
| GRIT | 24 % | 4 |
| TENACITY | 4 % | 8 |
| FIRMRESOLVE | 4 % | 11 |
| SELFWILL | 2 % | 8 |
| PURPOSE | 2 % | 7 |
| SETNESS | 2 % | 7 |
| DECISION | 2 % | 8 |
| WILLPOWER | 2 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Determination
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- decision
- purpose
- conclusion
- finding
- determined
- resoluteness
- decided
- resolution
- decisiveness
- choice
- selection
- certainty
Crossword Answer definitions
WILL verb- (now uncommon or literary) To wish, desire (something).
- (nowadays rare) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
- (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
- (auxiliary) To choose to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive), often in negation.
- (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.
- (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
- (auxiliary) Expressing a present tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".
- One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
- One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
- The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
- Law A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
- That which is desired; one's wish.
- Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)
- To wish, desire.
- To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
- To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).
- To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
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 WILL
- Bequeath
- Codicil preceder
- "You ___ be assimilated" ("Star Trek" catchphrase)
- Determination
- It details what's left
- Ability to choose
- Desire and grit
- Future-tense helping verb
- Volition
- "Where there's a ___..."
More clues leading to the result RESOLVE
- Fixed purpose
- Determination
- Deal with conclusively
- Settle
- Decision
- Dispel, as doubts
- Clear up
- Work out
- New Year's decision.
- Fixed purpose.
More clues leading to the result GRIT
- Backbone
- Sandpaper feature
- Stick-to-itiveness
- Can't eat just one
- Indomitable spirit
- The Duke's "True __"
- Nerve
- True determination
- Pluck
- Sandpaper coating
More clues leading to the result TENACITY
- Persistence
- Stick-to-it-iveness
- Persistence.
- Determination.
- Perseverance
- Bulldog's quality
- Doggedness
- Determination
- Resolve
- Resolution
More clues leading to the result FIRMRESOLVE
More clues leading to the result SELFWILL
More clues leading to the result PURPOSE
- "Avenue Q" song about the meaning of life
- Aim
- Intent
- Goal
- Aim.
- Design.
- The why and wherefore
- Definition, part 4
- Reason
- Determination
More clues leading to the result SETNESS
- Fixity.
- Determinedness.
- Rigidity.
- Determination.
- Obstinacy.
- Quality of being immovable.
- Quality of being obstinate.
- Immovability.
- Fixed state