Answer to "Lighter alternative" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word MATCH which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2011.

Lighter alternative crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
MATCH	75 %	5
BOOKFMATCHES	13 %	12
BOOKOFMATCHES	13 %	13

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Lighter alternative

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

• match
• matchbook
• gondola
• fade
• tone
• wagon
• cod
• swim
• arson
• balloon
• carbine
• extravagant

Crossword Answer definitions

MATCH noun

1. A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.
2. Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
3. Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.
4. A marriage.
5. A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
6. Suitability.
7. Equivalence; a state of correspondence.
8. Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
9. A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
10. An agreement or compact.
11. A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly embedded when a mould is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mould.

MATCH verb

1. To agree; to be equal; to correspond.
2. To agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to.
3. To make a successful match or pairing.
4. To equal or exceed in achievement.
5. To unite in marriage, to mate.
6. To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove at the edges.

MATCH noun

1. A device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.

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 MATCH

• Competition
• Concentration objective
• Struck item
• Contest
• Tennis contest
• Stick in a book
• Item in a book
• Go together
• "Three on a ___" (1932 Bette Davis melodrama)
• Lighter alternative

More clues leading to the result BOOKFMATCHES

• Lighter alternative

More clues leading to the result BOOKOFMATCHES

• Restaurant souvenir
• Lighter alternative