The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word STEMS , but the solution may also be DAMS which is one of the most recent solution (2014 in Newsday).
Holds back crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STEMS | 29 % | 5 |
| REINS | 12 % | 5 |
| STAYS | 12 % | 5 |
| REPRESSES | 10 % | 9 |
| RETARDS | 7 % | 7 |
| DETAINS | 7 % | 7 |
| DAMS | 5 % | 4 |
| CURBS | 2 % | 5 |
| CHECKS | 2 % | 6 |
| ABSTAINS | 2 % | 8 |
| DETERS | 2 % | 6 |
| REINSIN | 2 % | 7 |
| RESTRAINS | 2 % | 9 |
| BRIDLES | 2 % | 7 |
| IMPEDES | 2 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Holds back
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hold back
- held back
- hold out
- keep back
- holdback
- hold in
- hold off
- suppresses
- withholding
- restraint
- holding
- hold up
Crossword Answer definitions
STEMS noun- Acronym of science, technology, engineering, (and) mathematics.
- An electron microscope that transmits a very narrow beam of electrons through a sample; it can detect individual large or heavy atoms.
- A gleam of light; a flame.
- The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
- A branch of a family.
- An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
- The above-ground stalk (technically axis) of a vascular plant, and certain anatomically similar, below-ground organs such as rhizomes, bulbs, tubers, and corms.
- A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.
- A narrow part on certain man-made objects, such as a wine glass, a tobacco pipe, a spoon.
- The main part of an uninflected word to which affixes may be added to form inflections of the word. A stem often has a more fundamental root. Systematic conjugations and declensions derive from their stems.
- A person's leg.
- The penis.
- A vertical stroke of a letter.
- A vertical stroke marking the length of a note in written music.
- A premixed portion of a track for use in audio mastering and remixing.
- The vertical or nearly vertical forward extension of the keel, to which the forward ends of the planks or strakes are attached.
- A component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork
- A part of an anatomic structure considered without its possible branches or ramifications.
- A crack pipe; or the long, hollow portion of a similar pipe (i.e. meth pipe) resembling a crack pipe.
- (chiefly British) A winder on a clock, watch, or similar mechanism
- To remove the stem from.
- To be caused or derived; to originate.
- To descend in a family line.
- To direct the stem (of a ship) against; to make headway against.
- To hit with the stem of a ship; to ram.
- To ram (clay, etc.) into a blasting hole.
- To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood).
- To move the feet apart and point the tips of the skis inward in order to slow down the speed or to facilitate a turn.
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 STEMS
- Meerschaum parts
- Holds back
- Wineglass features
- Pipe parts
- Flower holders?
- Applies a tourniquet
- Makes headway against
- Rose supporters
- Goblet elements
- Flower holders
More clues leading to the result REINS
- Holds back
- Jockey's grip
- Checks
- Jockey's handful
- Cowboy's controls
- Means of control
- Retards
- Sleigh-driver's controls
- They may run down the neck
- Checkers for dobbins
More clues leading to the result STAYS
- Corset supports
- Doesn't go
- Corset stiffeners
- Death row reprieves
- Collar inserts
- Collar holders
- Sticks around
- Corsets
- Corset features
- Last-minute calls to death row
More clues leading to the result REPRESSES
More clues leading to the result RETARDS
- Slows down
- Changes from allegro to moderato, say
- Halts, as growth
- Slows
- Impedes
- Hinders.
- Slows.
- Holds back.
- Impedes.
- Hinders
More clues leading to the result DETAINS
- Holds back
- Holds in custody
- Holds for questioning
- Keeps in custody
- Withholds.
- Causes to remain.
- Keeps in custody.
- Confines.
- Stops.
- Keeps back
More clues leading to the result DAMS
- Aswan et al.
- Ewes and mares
- Hindrances
- Stops up
- TVA constructions
- Obstructs
- Aswan and Hoover
- Hoover and Grand Coulee
- Watercourse barriers
- Beavers love 'em
More clues leading to the result CURBS
- Limits
- Checks
- Controls
- Parking meter places
- Places for recycling
- Cuts back
- Restrains
- Hydrant locales
- Puts the brakes on
- Urban borders
More clues leading to the result CHECKS
- Restraints
- With 15-Across, verifies in advance, literally
- Chips, in casino talk
- Fabric pattern.
- Inspects
- Oft-bounced items
- Contents of certain books
- Drafts
- Holds back
- Partner of balances
More clues leading to the result ABSTAINS
- Chooses not to consume
- Chooses not to choose
- Stays out of it
- Opts not to opt
- Doesn't vote.
- Holds back.
- Refrains, as from voting.
- Refrains from
- Refrains
- Lays off, with "from"
More clues leading to the result DETERS
More clues leading to the result REINSIN
- Controls skinnier punk leaving kindergarten (5,2)
- Checks
- Holds back
- Restrains
- Curbs
- Brings under control
- Pulls back
- Causes to stop, as a steed.
- Constrains.
- Checks, as spending
More clues leading to the result RESTRAINS
More clues leading to the result BRIDLES
- Headgear for horses
- Restrains
- Parts of horses' harnesses
- Harness parts.
- Shows resentment
- Shows disdain
- Tack room items
- Stable stock
- Harness parts
- Tack room equipment