The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CHARADE , but the solution may also be ON AUTOPILOT which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Going through the motions? crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CHARADE | 50 % | 7 |
| ON AUTOPILOT | 50 % | 12 |
Why may ON-AUTOPILOT be the right solution?
"Going through the motions" means doing something without much thought or effort, like a machine on autopilot. The answer "ON AUTOPILOT" fits this definition perfectly.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Going through the motions?
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- repetitiousness
- repetitious
- perfunctory
- monotonously
- rehearsing
- repetitiveness
- playacting
- plodding
- mundanely
- monotonous
- monotonically
- daily grind
Crossword Answer definitions
CHARADE noun- A genre of riddles where the clues to the answer are descriptions or puns on its syllables, with a final clue to the whole.
- A single round of the game charades, an acted form of the earlier riddles.
- A play resembling the game charades, particularly due to poor acting.
- A deception or pretense, originally an absurdly obvious one but now in general use.
- To act out a charade (of); to gesture; to pretend.
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- Obvious sham
- Blatant pretense
- Pretentious deception
- Obvious deceit