The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TAME which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2021.
Gentle crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TAME | 33 % | 4 |
| SOFT | 20 % | 4 |
| MILD | 17 % | 4 |
| MEEK | 4 % | 4 |
| TENDER | 4 % | 6 |
| KIND | 4 % | 4 |
| GRADUAL | 4 % | 7 |
| BLAND | 4 % | 5 |
| NICE | 2 % | 4 |
| TENDERHEARTED | 2 % | 13 |
| MAIDENLY | 2 % | 8 |
| KINDLY | 2 % | 6 |
| TAMED | 2 % | 5 |
| MEEKANDMILD | 2 % | 11 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Gentle
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ennoble
- mild
- easy
- docile
- tamed
- tame
- soft
- pacify
- placate
- mollify
- appease
- lenify
Crossword Answer definitions
TAME verb- To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate.
- To become tame or domesticated.
- To make gentle or meek.
- Not or no longer wild; domesticated
- (chiefly of animals) Mild and well-behaved; accustomed to human contact
- Not exciting.
- Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
- (of a knot) Capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
- To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.
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 TAME
- Like a house pet
- Subdue
- Domesticated
- Unresisting
- Do some circus work
- Docile
- Break
- Unlikely to bite
- Make the wild mild
- G-rated
More clues leading to the result SOFT
- Kind of sell or soap
- Pillowy
- Soap or water preceder
- Out of shape
- Easily molded
- Yielding
- Lenient
- Not thug, as a rapper
- Cushy
- Not tough
More clues leading to the result MILD
- Not so hot
- Springtime weather
- Good-tempered
- Not so spicy
- Salsa jar adjective
- Salsa option
- Buffalo wings order
- Having southerly breezes
- Temperate
- Clement
More clues leading to the result MEEK
- Inheritors?
- Submissive
- Docile or gentle
- Docile
- Like a milquetoast
- Earth inheritors?
- Mild-mannered
- Earth's heirs?
- Earth's inheritors
- Far from bold
More clues leading to the result TENDER
- Softhearted
- Presley's "Love Me __"
- Submit
- Sore
- Like filet mignon
- Easily chewed
- It may be legal
- Easily sliced
- Loving
- Soft or gentle
More clues leading to the result KIND
More clues leading to the result GRADUAL
- Gentle
- Slow and steady
- Moderate
- Bit-by-bit
- Slow
- Changing slowly
- Not all at once
- Done by degrees
- Gentle.
- Slow.
More clues leading to the result BLAND
- Tasteless
- Vapid
- Family name in "Eating Raoul"
- Like plain tofu or vanilla
- Wishy-washy
- Totally vanilla
- Rather tasteless
- Flat-tasting
- Like baby food
- Unseasoned
More clues leading to the result NICE
- "No more Mr. __ guy!"
- Well-behaved
- Pleasant city on the Riviera
- __-nelly
- Fine and dandy
- Fine!
- Pleasant
- Sweet
- ___ guy syndrome
- "Good shot!"
More clues leading to the result TENDERHEARTED
More clues leading to the result MAIDENLY
More clues leading to the result KINDLY
More clues leading to the result TAMED
- Busted, as a bronco
- Domesticated
- Civilized
- Toned down
- Broke, in a way
- Broken
- Subdued
- Broken, as a bronc
- Brought to heel
- Calmed down