The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CHAIR which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2021.
Preside over crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CHAIR | 57 % | 5 |
| RULE | 27 % | 4 |
| MODERATE | 7 % | 8 |
| HEAD | 7 % | 4 |
| RUN | 3 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Preside over
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- presides
- presiding
- presider
- presided
- administrate
- oversee
- presidence
- administrates
- overseeing
- rulership
- administrating
- in charge
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 RULE
- It may be golden
- Gag followup?
- Golden thing
- Govern
- Lay down the law
- Preside over
- Be super freaking awesome
- Golden ___
- "Don't ask, don't tell," e.g.
- Dominate
More clues leading to the result MODERATE
- Not extreme
- Preside over
- Middle-of-the-road
- Centrist
- Run the debate
- Restrain from excess.
- Not too left, not too right.
- Act as chairman of a debate.
- Restrain.
- Middle-of-the-roader.
More clues leading to the result HEAD
- Lead
- Cabbage unit
- Enterprise lavatory
- Facilities, aboard ship
- Highest in rank
- John, at sea?
- Peruke support
- Hollywood designer, Edith
- Kind of start
- With 2D, a Hollywood designer