The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SOFT , but the solution may also be LAX which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in LA Times).
Lenient crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SOFT | 39 % | 4 |
| LAX | 31 % | 3 |
| EASY | 24 % | 4 |
| SPARING | 3 % | 7 |
| CLEMENT | 1 % | 7 |
| PERMISSIVE | 1 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Lenient
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- soft
- permissive
- easy
- clement
- indulgent
- undemanding
- lax
- relaxed
- slack
- relax
- slight
- softened
Crossword Answer definitions
SOFT noun- A soft or foolish person; an idiot.
- Ellipsis of soft tyre (A tyre whose compound is softer than mediums, and harder than supersofts.)
- A soft sound or part of a sound.
- Easily giving way under pressure.
- (of cloth or similar material) Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.
- (of a sound) Quiet.
- Gentle.
- Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind.
- Gentle in action or motion; easy.
- Weak in character; impressible.
- Requiring little or no effort; easy.
- Not bright or intense.
- Having a slight angle from straight.
- Voiced; sonant.
- Voiceless
- (Slavic languages) palatalized
- Lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy.
- (of water) Low in dissolved calcium compounds.
- Foolish.
- Of a ferromagnetic material; a material that becomes essentially non-magnetic when an external magnetic field is removed, a material with a low magnetic coercivity. (compare hard)
- (of a person) Physically or emotionally weak.
- Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action.
- (of a man) Effeminate.
- Agreeable to the senses.
- Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye.
- (of light) Made up of nonparallel rays, tending to wrap around a subject and produce diffuse shadows.
- Emulated with software; not physically real.
- Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.
- Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.
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 SOFT
- Kind of sell or soap
- Pillowy
- Soap or water preceder
- Out of shape
- Easily molded
- Yielding
- Lenient
- Not thug, as a rapper
- Cushy
- Not tough
More clues leading to the result LAX
- CA airport
- Webbed stick sport adored by bros, for short
- Asleep on the job
- Laid back
- Laid-back
- Slack
- Willing to overlook the rules
- Negligent
- Cal. tarmac site
- Not exactly strict
More clues leading to the result EASY
- Piece of cake
- Simple
- "___ Rider"
- "____ Rider" (Fonda film)
- Like a piece of cake
- Like pie?
- Piece of cake?
- Word before street or chair
- __ listening (radio format)
- __-Off oven cleaner
More clues leading to the result SPARING
More clues leading to the result CLEMENT
- Mild, as weather
- Physically mild
- Refreshingly mild
- Fair, as weather
- Temperate, as weather
- Like mild weather
- Mild and pleasant
- French Pope at Avignon (1305–1314).
- Mr. Attlee.
- First name of British statesman.