The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TAME , but the solution may also be GENTLE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Mild crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TAME | 29 % | 4 |
| GENTLE | 21 % | 6 |
| BALMY | 12 % | 5 |
| LENIENT | 12 % | 7 |
| TEMPERATE | 12 % | 9 |
| BLAND | 6 % | 5 |
| TEPID | 3 % | 5 |
| CLEMENT | 3 % | 7 |
| SOFT | 3 % | 4 |
Why may GENTLE be the right solution?
The word "gentle" is a synonym for "mild," meaning not harsh or severe in nature.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Mild
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- mild-mannered
- clement
- temperate
- moderate
- gentle
- meek
- modest
- humble
- balmy
- softly-softly
- easy
- slight
Crossword Answer definitions
TAME verb- To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate.
- To become tame or domesticated.
- To make gentle or meek.
- Not or no longer wild; domesticated
- (chiefly of animals) Mild and well-behaved; accustomed to human contact
- Not exciting.
- Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
- (of a knot) Capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
- To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.
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 TAME
- Like a house pet
- Subdue
- Domesticated
- Unresisting
- Do some circus work
- Docile
- Break
- Unlikely to bite
- Make the wild mild
- G-rated
More clues leading to the result GENTLE
- OK for a baby's skin, say
- Easy to handle
- Not too difficult
- Having a soft touch
- Dove-like
- Soothing
- Sweet-tempered
- Dovish
- Kind
- Nonabrasive
More clues leading to the result BALMY
- Mild and pleasant
- Tropical
- Like the Tropics
- Mild
- Mild, as weather
- Like the Caribbean climate
- Warm and pleasant
- Soothing
- Soothing.
- Mild as June.
More clues leading to the result LENIENT
- Easy
- Sparing the rod
- Unlike a martinet
- Not at all strict
- Permissive
- Soft
- The opposite of harsh
- Not too tough
- Easygoing
- Not strict
More clues leading to the result TEMPERATE
- Not extreme
- Mild
- Sober
- Mild.
- Self-restrained.
- One of two global zones.
- Restrained
- One of the zones
- Self-controlled
- Soothing, weatherwise
More clues leading to the result BLAND
- Tasteless
- Vapid
- Family name in "Eating Raoul"
- Like plain tofu or vanilla
- Wishy-washy
- Totally vanilla
- Rather tasteless
- Flat-tasting
- Like baby food
- Unseasoned
More clues leading to the result TEPID
- Luke warm
- Lukewarm
- Luke-warm
- Not so hot
- Halfhearted
- Room temperature
- Unenthusiastic
- Hardly overwhelming, as a response
- Just above room temperature
- Unenthusiastic, as a response
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.