The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DEFER which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Put off crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DEFER | 40 % | 5 |
| DELAY | 9 % | 5 |
| TABLE | 8 % | 5 |
| ALIENATE | 7 % | 8 |
| POSTPONE | 6 % | 8 |
| DETER | 6 % | 5 |
| DEFERRED | 3 % | 8 |
| ALIENATED | 3 % | 9 |
| TABLED | 2 % | 6 |
| STALL | 2 % | 5 |
| REMIT | 1 % | 5 |
| DAUNTED | 1 % | 7 |
| REPEL | 1 % | 5 |
| REPELLED | 1 % | 8 |
| DELAYED | 1 % | 7 |
| DAUNT | 1 % | 5 |
| LETSLIDE | 1 % | 8 |
| ESTRANGE | 1 % | 8 |
| IRKED | 1 % | 5 |
| REPULSE | 1 % | 7 |
| SHELVE | 1 % | 6 |
| POSTPONED | 1 % | 9 |
| EMIT | 1 % | 4 |
| DISGUSTED | 1 % | 9 |
| STALLED | 1 % | 7 |
| PROCRASTINATE | 1 % | 13 |
| FAZE | 1 % | 4 |
Why may DISGUSTED be the right solution?
Unknown. "Disgusted" does not seem like a fitting answer for "put off".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Put off
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- shelve
- sidestep
- table
- circumvent
- skirt
- confuse
- postpone
- defer
- fudge
- evade
- flurry
- duck
Crossword Answer definitions
DEFER verb- To delay or postpone
- After winning the opening coin toss, to postpone until the start of the second half a team's choice of whether to kick off or receive (and to allow the opposing team to make this choice at the start of the first half).
- To delay, to wait.
- To submit to the opinion or desire of another in respect to their judgment or authority.
- To render, to offer.
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 DEFER
- Put off
- Hold off
- Yield to another's wishes
- Postpone, as an action
- Put off till later
- Bow, in a way
- Postpone
- Table
- Wait for a better time
- Submit to authority
More clues leading to the result DELAY
- Put off
- Foot-dragging
- Interruption
- Airport bummer
- 117-Across downer
- Hold up
- Put on hold
- Postponement
- Airport aggravation
- Digital transmission problem
More clues leading to the result TABLE
- Defer
- Postpone
- Put aside for later
- Take up later
- Put aside
- "___ for two?" (maître d's question)
- Changing ___
- Chart with columns
- Arrangement of stats
- List with columns
More clues leading to the result ALIENATE
- Estrange
- Make hostile
- Drive off, as fans
- Keep at a distance
- Turn off, in a big way
- Distance
- Push away
- Turn into an extraterrestrial?
- Cause hostility in
- Drive away
More clues leading to the result POSTPONE
More clues leading to the result DETER
More clues leading to the result DEFERRED
More clues leading to the result ALIENATED
- Torn apart
- Drove off
- Feeling like an outcast
- Turned off
- Put off
- Disaffected
- Cut off from society
- Estranged.
- Turned friends to foes.
- Transferred ownership of (property).
More clues leading to the result TABLED
- Postponed
- Set aside
- Postponed indefinitely
- Decided to discuss later
- Put off
- Set aside for later discussion
- Chose not to discuss now
- Shelved
- Laid aside for future reference.
- Postponed, as a matter for legislation.
More clues leading to the result STALL
- Conk out
- Flea-market division
- Park place?
- Play for time
- Bathroom unit
- Merchandise booth
- Engine problem
- Bazaar booth
- Booth
- Buy time
More clues leading to the result REMIT
More clues leading to the result DAUNTED
- Discouraged
- Intimidated
- Treading lightly, perhaps
- Dismayed.
- Disheartened.
- Intimidated.
- Cowed.
- Overawed.
- Disheartened
- Put off
More clues leading to the result REPEL
More clues leading to the result REPELLED
- Drove away
- Fought off
- Driven away
- Forced back.
- Warded off
- Drove back
- Forced back
- Disgusted
- Caused distaste
- Put off
More clues leading to the result DELAYED
More clues leading to the result DAUNT
More clues leading to the result LETSLIDE
- Leave unattended
- Leave undone
- Allow to deteriorate
- Forgive
- Not do anything about
- Decide not to intervene
- Be forgiving
- Put off
- Don't make a fuss over
- Pardon
More clues leading to the result ESTRANGE
- Alienate
- Make an enemy of
- Disaffect
- Turn off
- Push away
- Alienate.
- Cause a person's ardor to cool.
- Cause coldness between.
- Turn away.
- Come between.
More clues leading to the result IRKED
More clues leading to the result REPULSE
- Drive back
- Really offend
- Ward off
- More than turn off
- Force back, as an army
- Turn off
- Disgust
- Beat back
- Drive back, as an enemy
- Turn back
More clues leading to the result SHELVE
- Postpone
- Put aside
- Put away for a while
- Put away, in a way
- Put aside, for a while
- Help the librarian
- Do a librarian's chore
- Put on hold
- Put on the back burner
- Do a librarian's task
More clues leading to the result POSTPONED
More clues leading to the result EMIT
More clues leading to the result DISGUSTED
More clues leading to the result STALLED
- Stonewalled
- Making no progress
- Played for time
- Needing a push
- Came to a temporary standstill
- Came to a standstill
- Stopped suddenly, as an engine
- Delayed
- Conked out
- Bought time