The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HOLE , but the solution may also be DARKROOM which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Negative space crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HOLE | 33 % | 4 |
| DARKROOM | 33 % | 8 |
| PHOTOLAB | 33 % | 8 |
Why may DARKROOM be the right solution?
The term "negative" refers to the photographic negative, which is created in a darkroom. In photography, the negative space is the area around the subject, which is often dark. Therefore, "darkroom" is a fitting answer for "negative space."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Negative space
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- white space
- space
- middle ground
- negative
- dead colouring
- second distance
- middle distance
- matte
- foreground
- word space
- abstract art
- blank canvas
Crossword Answer definitions
HOLE noun- A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure.
- (heading) In games.
- An excavation pit or trench.
- A weakness; a flaw or ambiguity.
- A container or receptacle.
- In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
- A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
- An orifice, in particular the anus. When used with shut it always refers to the mouth.
- (particularly in the phrase "get one's hole") Sex, or a sex partner.
- (with "the") Solitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.
- An undesirable place to live or visit; a hovel.
- Difficulty, in particular, debt.
- A chordless cycle in a graph.
- To make holes in (an object or surface).
- (by extension) To destroy.
- To go into a hole.
- To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball.
- To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in.
- Entire, undivided.
- Sound, uninjured, healthy.
- (of food) From which none of its constituents has been removed.
- As yet unworked.
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 HOLE
- Bob Hope Classic target
- Duffer's target
- Golfer's target
- Ozone-level decrease
- Aperture
- Donut center
- Hollow space
- Cavity
- Tiger's target
- Mole hangout
More clues leading to the result DARKROOM
- Developing area
- Shutterbug's lab
- Where photos are developed
- Developmental zone?
- Studio necessity.
- Developer's site?
- Place for development
- Negative space?