Answer to ""Hold on!"" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word WAIT , but the solution may also be WAIT! which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).

"Hold on!" crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
WAIT	27 %	4
ONESEC	24 %	6
WAITASEC	9 %	8
JUSTASEC	5 %	8
NOTYET	4 %	6
INASEC	4 %	6
LAST	3 %	4
JUSTAMINUTE	3 %	11
ASEC	2 %	4
NOWAIT	2 %	6
WHOA	2 %	4
CLING	1 %	5
BERIGHTBACK	1 %	11
ONEMOMENTPLEASE	1 %	15
SEEHERE	1 %	7
ONEMINUTE	1 %	9
ONESECONDPLEASE	1 %	15
AWAIT	1 %	5
WAIT!	1 %	5
JUSTAMOMENT	1 %	11
ADHERE	1 %	6
WAITAMINUTE	1 %	11
DONTLETGO	1 %	9

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: "Hold on!"

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

• grasp
• grip
• break
• stop
• hang in
• hold the line
• hang on
• keep
• persevere
• persist
• hold tight
• hold

Crossword Answer definitions

WAIT noun

1. A delay.
2. An ambush.
3. One who watches; a watchman.
4. (in the plural) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.
5. (in the plural) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. [formerly waites, wayghtes.]

WAIT verb

1. To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)
2. To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
3. To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
4. To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
5. To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany.
6. To defer or postpone (especially a meal).
7. To remain chaste while one's lover is unavailable.

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 WAIT

• Get in line, perhaps
• Links annoyance
• Street crossing signal
• "Back off!"
• "Hold on!"
• Stand in line
• Hold tight
• Stand by
• "Don't go so fast!"
• "Don't move!"

More clues leading to the result ONESEC

• A jiffy
• "Hold on ..."
• "I'll be right there!"
• "Be right with ya"
• "Hold on!"
• "Just a minute"
• "Be right with you!"
• "Be right there!"
• "Just a moment ..."
• "Be patient for a little while longer!"

More clues leading to the result WAITASEC

• "Hold it!"
• "One moment please"
• "That's not right!"
• "Not so fast!"
• "Hold on!"
• "Just hold your horses!"
• "Be right there!"
• "Hold on"
• "Hang on!"
• & 41. "Hang on ..."

More clues leading to the result JUSTASEC

• "Hold on!"
• "I'm in the bathroom, dude"
• "I'm almost ready"
• "Be right there"
• "Be right with you!"
• "Be right with you"
• "One moment"
• "I'll be right there"
• "Soon!"
• "Be right there!"

More clues leading to the result NOTYET

• Maybe someday
• Reply to "Are we there?"
• Procrastinator's answer
• "Wait a minute"
• Procrastinator's reply
• Later
• "In a minute or so"
• "Later, maybe"
• Some other time
• "Hold yer horses!"

More clues leading to the result INASEC

• Pretty quick
• "... with ya ___" (quickly)
• "Almost ready!"
• "Can't you see I'm busy here?"
• "I'm busy here!"
• Momentarily
• "Almost done!"
• Shortly
• "Soon!"
• Soon

More clues leading to the result LAST

• Most up-to-date
• "The ____ of the Mohicans"
• Like a rotten egg?
• Shoemaker's need
• Endure
• Hold out
• Ultimate
• Word before laugh or straw
• ___, but not least...
• Bottom-feeder's place in the standings

More clues leading to the result JUSTAMINUTE

• "Hold on"

More clues leading to the result ASEC

• "Hold on ___!"
• "Just __!"
• "Just __!" ("Hold it!")
• "Wait ____" (hold on)
• Just ___ (wait a minute)
• "Just ___, I'll be right there!"
• "Just ___"
• "Wait __!"
• "Gimme ___"
• "Hold on __ !"

More clues leading to the result NOWAIT

• "I just had a different idea!"
• "Don't go yet"
• "Step right in!"
• "Hold on, I've changed my mind!"
• "Hold on!"
• "Uh, hold on! That's wrong!"
• "Hold it - hang on!"
• "Hold on, don't go yet!"
• "Actually, I just realized something ..."
• "Hold on, I take that back"

More clues leading to the result WHOA

• Halter for a horse
• Mountie's command
• Rider's "Stop!"
• Dobbin stopper
• Not so fast!
• Horse halter
• "Get the fuck out"
• Interjection that seemingly no one on the internet can spell correctly
• "Hang on"
• "That blew my mind!"

More clues leading to the result CLING

• Hold on
• Hang onto
• Be codependent, say
• Peach
• Hang on
• Stick
• Hang on tight
• Hold tight
• Prolong an embrace, say
• Hang on (to)

More clues leading to the result BERIGHTBACK

• "Hold on!"
• "Hang on for a sec"
• "Hold on a sec"
• "Returning soon"

More clues leading to the result ONEMOMENTPLEASE

• "Hang on..."
• "Hang on ..."
• Operator's courteous request
• DO hang on!
• Phone line?
• Line of business
• Telephone line
• "Hold on"
• Old company telephone line
• Operator's line

More clues leading to the result SEEHERE

• Indignant cry
• "Hey now!"
• "Listen, pal!"
• "Now wait just a moment ..."
• "Listen, you!"
• "Pay attention!"
• "Listen up!"
• "Look, you!"
• "Oh, for heaven's sake!"
• "Look, sonny boy ..."

More clues leading to the result ONEMINUTE

• "I'm busy"
• "Just a sec"
• "I'll be right with you!"
• "Be right there"
• "Hold on ..."
• 'Hold on a sec'
• What each square in this puzzle grid represents

More clues leading to the result ONESECONDPLEASE

• "Hold on!"
• "Just a moment ..."
• "Hold your horses!"
• Moment's notice?
• "Just a moment"

More clues leading to the result AWAIT

• Anticipate
• Expect
• Look forward to
• Count on
• Keep an eye out for
• Be in store
• Expect anon
• Lie in store
• Stand by for
• Be ready for

More clues leading to the result WAIT!

• “Hold your horses!”
• “Hold on!”

More clues leading to the result JUSTAMOMENT

• "Hold on!"

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 WAITAMINUTE

• What the vacillator should do
• Hold your horses!
• "Whoa!"
• "Hold on!"

More clues leading to the result DONTLETGO

• "Hold on!"
• 'Keep hanging on!'
• "Hang on!"