The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word OWN which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2021.
Hold crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OWN | 13 % | 3 |
| POSSESS | 9 % | 7 |
| DEEM | 9 % | 4 |
| CONTAIN | 9 % | 7 |
| ASSERT | 8 % | 6 |
| HAVE | 5 % | 4 |
| GRASP | 5 % | 5 |
| GRIP | 5 % | 4 |
| RETAIN | 4 % | 6 |
| DETAIN | 4 % | 6 |
| ALLEGE | 4 % | 6 |
| MAINTAIN | 4 % | 8 |
| CLASP | 4 % | 5 |
| BELIEVE | 3 % | 7 |
| AVAST | 1 % | 5 |
| OPINE | 1 % | 5 |
| KEEP | 1 % | 4 |
| AVER | 1 % | 4 |
| ENCLASP | 1 % | 7 |
| ADHERE | 1 % | 6 |
| RECEIVE | 1 % | 7 |
| ANCHOR | 1 % | 6 |
| STOP | 1 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hold
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- take hold
- grasp
- grip
- clutches
- take
- clench
- clutch
- restrain
- contain
- carry
- confine
- go for
Crossword Answer definitions
OWN adjective- Belonging to; possessed; proper to. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence.
- Not shared
- Peculiar, domestic.
- Not foreign.
- To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to.
- To have recognized political sovereignty over a place, territory, as distinct from the ordinary connotation of property ownership.
- To defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm.
- To virtually or figuratively enslave.
- To defeat, dominate, or be above, also spelled pwn.
- To illicitly obtain superuser or root access to a computer system, thereby having access to all of the user files on that system; pwn.
- To grant; give.
- To admit, concede, grant, allow, acknowledge, confess; not to deny.
- To admit; concede; acknowledge.
- To take responsibility for.
- To answer to.
- To recognise; acknowledge.
- To claim as one's own.
- To confess.
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 OWN
- "A League of Their ____"
- "My __ Private Idaho"
- Have in hand
- Fess up
- Have title to
- __ up (confess)
- Hold the deed to
- "A League of Their __"
- Has the deed to
- Dominate, as it were
More clues leading to the result POSSESS
- Have in hand
- Call one's own
- Have
- Be endowed with
- Dominate
- Have title to
- Emulate a demon
- Own
- Control, demon-style
- Do demons' work
More clues leading to the result DEEM
More clues leading to the result CONTAIN
- Comprise
- Keep from spreading
- Have inside
- Restrict
- Hold.
- Include.
- Hold in check
- Hold
- Have or hold
- Keep under control
More clues leading to the result ASSERT
- State strongly
- Say with conviction
- State positively
- Mansplainingly proclaim, perhaps
- Proclaim
- Affirm
- Claim as fact
- State
- Declare positively
- Claim
More clues leading to the result HAVE
- "__ You Heard" (Duprees tune)
- Partake of
- Possess
- "____ Gun - Will Travel"
- Contain
- "What'll ya ____?" (barkeep's query)
- Own
- Experience
- "___ I told you this already?"
- "___ some!"
More clues leading to the result GRASP
- Catch on
- Comprehend
- Comprehension
- Get it
- Understanding
- Catch on to
- Clutch
- Get the meaning of
- Understand
- Get a hold of
More clues leading to the result GRIP
- Film-crew assistant
- Stagehand
- Knife handle
- Part of a golf club
- Handjob technique concern
- Golfer's concern
- Clutch
- Lose one's __ on reality
- Racquet feature
- Hold firmly
More clues leading to the result RETAIN
- Engage, as counsel
- Keep
- Keep possession of
- Pay up front, as a lawyer
- Hang on to
- Keep in one's memory
- Hold back
- Hire, as a lawyer
- Hold on to
- Don't give up
More clues leading to the result DETAIN
- Hold back
- Hold up
- Keep in custody
- Hold in custody
- Keep from leaving
- Hold for questioning, perhaps
- Hold
- Check.
- Make late.
- Hold back.
More clues leading to the result ALLEGE
- Claim
- Assert without proof
- Declare without proof
- Make a claim
- Make an accusation
- State
- Purport
- Claim (6)
- State without proof
- Hold without proof
More clues leading to the result MAINTAIN
More clues leading to the result CLASP
- Hold onto
- Necklace fastener
- Tie securer
- Fastener
- Bill holder
- Choker component
- Necklace feature
- Envelope feature, at times
- Necklace part
- Envelope feature
More clues leading to the result BELIEVE
- 1999 #1 hit that introduced the "Cher-bot" vocal recording technique
- Have faith
- 1999 Cher hit
- Swallow, so to speak
- Have an opinion
- Accept as true
- Feel
- Think
- Think positive
- Credit.
More clues leading to the result AVAST
- "Halt, salt!"
- Popeye's "halt"
- Stop! At sea
- Captain's command
- Hook's "stop"
- Nautical cry
- "Stop, sailor!"
- Seafarer's interjection
- Shout on Talk Like a Pirate Day
- "Cease!"
More clues leading to the result OPINE
- Think out loud
- Voice one's views
- Put in one's two cents
- Speak one's mind
- Give one's viewpoint
- Have an opinion
- Give one's take
- Add one's two cents
- Express
- Get something off one's chest
More clues leading to the result KEEP
- "__ on truckin'"
- Hang onto
- Subsistence
- Hang on to
- Steel family
- Don't give up
- Google alternative to Evernote
- Question, part 2
- What pack rats do
- Maintain
More clues leading to the result AVER
- State firmly
- Declare
- Maintain
- Say without a doubt
- State
- Swear
- Swear up and down
- Insist
- Say firmly
- State as fact
More clues leading to the result ENCLASP
More clues leading to the result ADHERE
- Stick fast
- Stick to
- Cling
- Stick
- Be devoted
- Be true
- Follow closely
- Hold firmly (to)
- Be in a sticky situation?
- Stick firmly
More clues leading to the result RECEIVE
More clues leading to the result ANCHOR
- Relay's last runner
- *Relay-team position
- Popeye's tattoo
- Rather, Jennings, or Brokaw
- News head
- Hold fast
- Mainstay
- Newscast VIP
- Coveted news job
- Person at the end of a tug-of-war rope