Answer to "Get ahead" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word GAIN which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2003.

Get ahead crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
GAIN	50 %	4
LEAD	25 %	4
FORESEE	13 %	7
ADVANCE	13 %	7

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Get ahead

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

• make headway
• advance
• gain ground
• gain
• win
• expand
• thrive
• flourish
• prosper
• boom
• forge ahead
• keep ahead

Crossword Answer definitions

GAIN noun

1. The act of gaining; acquisition.
2. What is gained.
3. The factor by which a signal is multiplied.

GAIN verb

1. To acquire possession of.
2. To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
3. To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.
4. To increase.
5. To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.
6. To reach.
7. To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
8. To put on weight.
9. (of a clock or watch) To run fast.

GAIN preposition

1. Against.

GAIN adjective

1. Straight, direct; near; short.
2. Suitable; convenient; ready.
3. Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.
4. Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.

GAIN adverb

1. Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.
2. Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.
3. Tolerably; fairly.

GAIN noun

1. A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

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 GAIN

• Increase
• Gridiron advance
• Pick up some yards
• Uptick
• Dieter's nightmare
• Profit
• Pick up yardage
• Fail with a diet
• Make progress
• Advance

More clues leading to the result LEAD

• Pencil innard?
• Sinker material
• Spearhead
• Heavy metal
• Hold first place
• Pb, on the periodic table
• Precedes belly and foot
• Preceeds belly and foot
• Starring role
• Take charge of

More clues leading to the result FORESEE

• Anticipate
• Emulate Cassandra
• View in the crystal ball
• Know beforehand
• Perceive in advance
• Know in advance
• Prognosticate
• Be clairvoyant
• Predict
• Read palms

More clues leading to the result ADVANCE

• Check for a writer
• Bring forward
• Breakthrough
• Romeo's move
• Forward motion
• Move up
• Make headway
• Pay before payday
• Go ahead
• Further.