The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ABATE , but the solution may also be LET which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Ease up crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ABATE | 58 % | 5 |
| LOOSEN | 11 % | 6 |
| RELAX | 9 % | 5 |
| RELENT | 9 % | 6 |
| LET | 5 % | 3 |
| REST | 2 % | 4 |
| RELIEVE | 2 % | 7 |
| EBB | 2 % | 3 |
| BATE | 2 % | 4 |
Why may LET be the right solution?
"Ease up" is a phrase that means to relax or take it easy. The word "let" can be used in this context to mean allowing something to happen without interference or resistance, which fits the meaning of easing up.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ease up
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ease off
- slacken off
- let up
- slack off
- move over
- give way
- yield
- give
- flag
- relax
- ease
- go easy
Crossword Answer definitions
ABATE noun- Abatement.
- (obsolete outside law) To put an end to; to cause to cease.
- To become null and void.
- To nullify; make void.
- To humble; to lower in status; to bring someone down physically or mentally.
- To be humbled; to be brought down physically or mentally.
- To curtail; to deprive.
- To reduce in amount, size, or value.
- To decrease in size, value, or amount.
- To moderate; to lessen in force, intensity, to subside.
- To decrease in intensity or force; to subside.
- To deduct or omit.
- To bar or except.
- To cut away or hammer down, in such a way as to leave a figure in relief, as a sculpture, or in metalwork.
- To dull the edge or point of; to blunt.
- To destroy, or level to the ground.
- To enter a tenement without permission after the owner has died and before the heir takes possession.
- An Italian abbot, or other member of the clergy.
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 ABATE
More clues leading to the result LOOSEN
- Ease
- Let out a bit
- Untie
- Give some slack
- Relax
- Untie or bend
- Aerate, as soil
- Relax, with "up"
- Relax, as regulations
- Ease up
More clues leading to the result RELAX
- Take it easy
- Chill out
- Take five
- Unwind
- "Take a chill pill!"
- Stop working
- "Calm down!"
- Kick back
- Something to do on sabbatical
- Hang loose
More clues leading to the result RELENT
More clues leading to the result LET
- Allow
- Court call
- Hire out
- Lease
- Pig tail?
- Rented
- The Beatles' "____ It Be"
- Wimbledon call
- __ down (disappoint)
- Tennis do-over
More clues leading to the result REST
- Caesura
- Take five
- Break
- Kick back
- Moment of silence
- Observe the Sabbath?
- Pause
- Peace of mind
- Take a break
- Take a breather
More clues leading to the result RELIEVE
- Take over for
- Come in for
- Free from anxiety
- Assuage
- Alleviate
- Substitute for, as a pitcher
- Come in from the bullpen
- Change pitchers
- Take the place of
- Come out of the bullpen