The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CHAIR , but the solution may also be HELM which is one of the most recent solution (2012 in New York Times).
Position of authority crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CHAIR | 33 % | 5 |
| HELM | 33 % | 4 |
| BULLYPULPIT | 11 % | 11 |
| TOPJOB | 11 % | 6 |
| DRIVERSSEAT | 11 % | 11 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Position of authority
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- chair
- topside
- helm
- high
- officer
- command
- hierarch
- better
- commander
- lordship
- mistress
- office
Crossword Answer definitions
CHAIR noun- An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench.
- The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.
- An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers, and similar devices.
- One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.
- A distinguished professorship at a university.
- A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig.
- The seat or office of a person in authority, such as a judge or bishop.
- To act as chairperson at; to preside over.
- To carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory.
- To award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod.
- A chairman or chairwoman, someone who presides over a meeting, board, etc.
- A chair-like device used for performing execution by electrocution.
- An electrically powered wheelchair.
- A transitional hold in which an attacking wrestler hoists an opponent up onto his/her shoulders so that they are both facing in the same direction.
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 CHAIR
- Committee head
- Conduct, in a way
- Seat
- Lead a meeting
- Preside over
- Run the meeting
- Run a meeting
- Professorship
- Head, as a parliamentary committee
- Dept. head
More clues leading to the result HELM
- Captain's spot
- Tiller
- Cruise control?
- Matt __, Dean Martin role
- Place of control
- Position of leadership
- Captain's position
- Wheel on the bridge
- Steering apparatus
- Steering wheel
More clues leading to the result BULLYPULPIT
- Powerful position for a proponent
- Advantageous place for rallying support
- Advocate's place
- Position of authority
- Advocate's visible position
- "The White House is a ___": T.R.
- Where to pontificate
- Prominent position from which to pontificate
More clues leading to the result TOPJOB
- Position of authority
- Exceptionally done task
- Executive position
- Presidency, e.g.
- Household cleaner brand
- Fantastik competitor
- C.E.O., e.g.
- Head post
- Sought-after position