Answer to "Escalate" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word RISE which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2021.

Escalate crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
RISE	33 %	4
GROW	25 %	4
HIKE	25 %	4
REVP	8 %	4
STEPUP	8 %	6

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Escalate

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• step up
• intensify
• heighten
• heightened
• heightening
• enhance
• increasing
• rise
• increase
• rising
• grow
• upgrade

Crossword Answer definitions

RISE verb

1. To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
2. To increase in value or standing.
3. To begin; to develop.
4. To go up; to ascend; to climb.
5. To cause to go up or ascend.
6. To retire; to give up a siege.
7. To come; to offer itself.
8. To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.

RISE noun

1. The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
2. The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
3. An increase (in a quantity, price, etc).
4. The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
5. An increase in someone's pay rate; a raise (US).
6. A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
7. An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
8. An angry reaction.

RISE noun

1. (now chiefly) A twig or stick.
2. A bobbin or spool.

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 RISE

• "___ and shine!"
• Anticipate the anthem
• Greet the judge
• Levitate
• Lose a lap
• Prepare to shine?
• Shaving-cream name
• Ascend
• Emulate the sun
• First name in sopranos

More clues leading to the result GROW

• Get bigger
• Mushroom
• Accumulate interest
• Flourish
• Distend
• Cultivate
• Wax
• Expand
• Intensify
• Branch out

More clues leading to the result HIKE

• Escalate
• Follow a nature trail
• Escalation
• Quarterback's bark
• It's a snap in the NFL
• Tramp
• "Give me the ball!"
• Increase in cost
• Walk in the woods
• Boy Scouts outing

More clues leading to the result REVP

• Escalate

More clues leading to the result STEPUP

• Accelerate
• Increase by degrees
• Come forward
• Meet a challenge
• Increase
• Intensify
• Increase, as production
• Take on responsibility
• Answer the call
• Rise to the challenge ... and a hint to a hidden word in 5-, 10-, 25- and 28-Down