Answer to "Self-possession" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word POISE which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2014.

Self-possession crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
POISE	60 %	5
APLOMB	27 %	6
PATIENCE	7 %	8
COOLNESS	7 %	8

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Self-possession

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

• assuredness
• aplomb
• sang-froid
• poise
• cool
• selfhood
• selfness
• possesion
• self efficacy
• self concept
• private property
• possessional

Crossword Answer definitions

POISE noun

1. A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.
2. Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation.
3. Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body.
4. A condition of hovering, or being suspended.
5. A CGS unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimetre.
6. Weight; an amount of weight, the amount something weighs.
7. The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.
8. That which causes a balance; a counterweight.

POISE verb

1. To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.
2. To counterpoise; to counterbalance.
3. To be of a given weight; to weigh.
4. To add weight to, to weigh down.
5. To hold (something) with or against something else in equilibrium; to balance, counterpose.
6. To hold (something) in equilibrium, to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used.
7. To keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced.
8. To ascertain, as if by balancing; to weigh.

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 POISE

• Composure
• Social asset
• Self-possession
• Dignity
• Coolness
• Aplomb
• Sang-froid
• Self-confidence
• Cool
• Cool head

More clues leading to the result APLOMB

• Poise
• Sang-froid
• Style
• Grace under fire
• Poise under duress
• Crisis handler's asset
• Composure
• Self-confidence
• Savoir-faire
• Grace under pressure

More clues leading to the result PATIENCE

• Waiting game, in Westminster?
• Solitaire in England
• It's a virtue
• Steady perserverance
• It's considered "a virtue"
• It's a virtue, so they say
• Solitaire game
• Gilbert and Sullivan milkmaid.
• "Bunthorne's Bride."
• Gilbertian milkmaid.

More clues leading to the result COOLNESS

• Snoopy-wearing-shades trait
• Hipster's trait
• Composure.
• Aplomb.
• Self-possession
• POSE
• Hipster's quality
• Fonz's quality
• Fonzie's trait
• Sangfroid