Answer to "Naval forces" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word FLEETS , but the solution may also be ARMADAS which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in New York Times).

Naval forces crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
FLEETS	56 %	6
ARMADAS	44 %	7

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Naval forces

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

• navy
• navies
• warships
• navalism
• naval engineering
• naval brass
• sea power
• armed forces
• military force
• military
• militaries
• battleships

Crossword Answer definitions

FLEETS noun

1. A group of vessels or vehicles.
2. Any group of associated items.
3. A large, coordinated group of people.
4. A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc.
5. (British Royal Navy) Any command of vessels exceeding a squadron in size, or a rear admiral's command, composed of five sail-of-the-line, with any number of smaller vessels.

FLEETS noun

1. An arm of the sea; a run of water, such as an inlet or a creek.
2. A location, as on a navigable river, where barges are secured.

FLEETS verb

1. To float.
2. To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.
3. To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy.
4. To flee, to escape, to speed away.
5. To evanesce, disappear, die out.
6. To move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; especially to draw apart the blocks of a tackle.
7. (of people) To move or change in position.
8. To shift the position of dead-eyes when the shrouds are become too long.
9. To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
10. To take the cream from; to skim.

FLEETS noun

1. Floor; bottom; lower surface.
2. A house; home.

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 FLEETS

• Convoys
• Bunches of boats
• Warship groups
• Admirals' commands
• Naval forces
• Naval grouping
• Naval assemblies
• Admirals' concerns
• Armadas
• Groups at sea

More clues leading to the result ARMADAS

• Fleets
• Flotillas
• War fleets
• Fleets of warships
• Fleets afloat
• Large fleets
• Shellers on the water, perhaps
• Blockade makers
• Strong fleets
• Ill-fated attackers of 1588 and 1589