Answer to "Step (on)" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TREAD which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.

Step (on) crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
TREAD	50 %	5
STOMP	33 %	5
TROMP	17 %	5

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Step (on)

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

• tread on
• step off
• step back
• walk over
• tread on someone's toes
• get on to
• walk in
• push on
• sit on
• play on
• set foot
• lead on

Crossword Answer definitions

TREAD verb

1. To step or walk (on or over something); to trample.
2. To step or walk upon.
3. To beat or press with the feet.
4. To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, etc.
5. To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue.
6. To copulate; said of (especially male) birds.
7. (of a male bird) To copulate with.

TREAD noun

1. A step taken with the foot.
2. A manner of stepping.
3. The sound made when someone or something is walking.
4. A way; a track or path.
5. The horizontal part of a step in a flight of stairs.
6. The grooves carved into the face of a tire, used to give the tire traction.
7. The grooves on the bottom of a shoe or other footwear, used to give grip or traction.
8. The chalaza of a bird's egg; the treadle.
9. The act of avian copulation in which the male bird mounts the female by standing on her back.
10. (fortification) The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.
11. A bruise or abrasion produced on the foot or ankle of a horse that interferes, or strikes its feet together.

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 TREAD

• Escalator feature
• Radial pattern
• Tire feature
• Tire groove
• Boot bottom
• Stairmaster surface
• Tire design
• Word on the Gadsden flag
• Piece between risers
• The sound of footsteps

More clues leading to the result STOMP

• Dance at the Savoy, perhaps
• Trounce
• Jazz dance
• Savoy step?
• Percussion-based theatrical troupe
• Really beat
• Toddler's footprint, at times
• Bang your boot
• Foot pound?
• Crush grapes

More clues leading to the result TROMP

• Beat the pants off
• Walk heavily
• Defeat decisively
• Stamp down
• Shellac
• Tread heavily
• Walk with heavy steps
• Beat badly
• Defeat soundly
• Step heavily