The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DETER , but the solution may also be CRIMP which is one of the most recent solution (2017 in Universal uClick).
Inhibit crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DETER | 74 % | 5 |
| CRIMP | 8 % | 5 |
| RESTRAIN | 6 % | 8 |
| CURB | 4 % | 4 |
| STIFLE | 4 % | 6 |
| RETARD | 2 % | 6 |
| BLOCK | 2 % | 5 |
| IMPEDE | 2 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Inhibit
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- subdue
- suppress
- conquer
- curb
- stamp down
- stop
- restrain
- prevent
- delay
- inhibitor
- restrict
- inhibition
Crossword Answer definitions
DETER verb- To prevent something from happening.
- To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.
- To distract someone from something.
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 DETER
More clues leading to the result CRIMP
- Use a curling iron
- Fold
- Make corrugated
- Pinch together
- Put a ___ in (interfere with)
- Hamper
- Make wavy
- Pinch and press, as pie crust edges
- Pinch, as piecrust
- Hindrance
More clues leading to the result RESTRAIN
More clues leading to the result CURB
- Gutter part
- Parking place
- Stop
- Rein in
- Street edging
- Restrain
- Put limits on
- Block boundary
- Parking meter's location
- Inhibit
More clues leading to the result STIFLE
- Bunker command?
- Suppress
- Suppress, as a cough
- Sit on
- Put a lid on
- Horse's knee
- Suppress, as a yawn
- Archie Bunker command
- Squelch
- Archie's admonition to Edith
More clues leading to the result RETARD
- Slow down
- Make slower
- Slow
- Put the brakes on
- Slow up
- Delay progress
- Throttle down
- Impede
- Impede, as progress
- Hinder
More clues leading to the result BLOCK
- Impede
- Obstruct
- Plug
- Word with chopping or stumbling
- ___ party (neighborhood get-together)
- Writer's problem
- "Old" chip producer?
- Building toy
- Inhibit
- Word aptly represented by four black squares in this puzzle