Answer to "Prepossession" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BIAS , but the solution may also be FETISH which is one of the most recent solution (1974 in New York Times).

Prepossession crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
BIAS	33 %	4
FIXEDIDEA	33 %	9
FETISH	33 %	6

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Prepossession

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

• preconception
• parti pris
• preconceived idea
• preconceived notion
• preconceived opinion
• prepossess
• prepossessed
• indifferency
• precipitancy
• partialities
• complaisance
• preponderating

Crossword Answer definitions

BIAS noun

1. Inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, predilection.
2. The diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric.
3. A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
4. A voltage or current applied to an electronic device, such as a transistor electrode, to move its operating point to a desired part of its transfer function.
5. The difference between the expectation of the sample estimator and the true population value, which reduces the representativeness of the estimator by systematically distorting it.
6. In the games of crown green bowls and lawn bowls: a weight added to one side of a bowl so that as it rolls, it will follow a curved rather than a straight path; the oblique line followed by such a bowl; the lopsided shape or structure of such a bowl. In lawn bowls, the curved course is caused only by the shape of the bowl. The use of weights is prohibited.
7. A person's favourite member of a K-pop band.

BIAS verb

1. To place bias upon; to influence.

BIAS adjective

1. Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
2. Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.

BIAS adverb

1. In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally.

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 BIAS

• Diagonal
• Diagonal cut
• It isn't fair
• It's not fair
• __-ply tire
• Slant
• Inclination
• Leaning
• CNN's "No ___. No Bull."
• Media Matters subject

More clues leading to the result FIXEDIDEA

• Obsessive thought
• Obsession
• Prepossession.

More clues leading to the result FETISH

• Talisman
• Personal turn-on
• Foot "thing"
• Obsession
• Magical object
• Charm
• Amulet
• Magic charm
• Fixation
• Object of blind adoration.