Answer to "Taking five" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word RESTING , but the solution may also be ON BREAK which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).

Taking five crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
RESTING	50 %	7
ON BREAK	25 %	8
PAUSING	25 %	7

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Taking five

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

• take five
• five hundred
• five points
• fives
• fivefold
• fifth
• take ten
• takin
• take for
• fifths
• takings
• twenty five

Crossword Answer definitions

RESTING verb

1. To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
2. To come to a pause or an end; end.
3. To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
4. To be or to put into a state of rest.
5. To stay, remain, be situated.
6. To lean, lie, or lay.
7. To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions, etc.)
8. To sleep; slumber.
9. To lie dormant.
10. To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
11. To rely or depend on.
12. To be satisfied; to acquiesce.

RESTING verb

1. To remain.

RESTING verb

1. To arrest.

RESTING noun

1. The action of rest
2. A place where one can rest; a resting-place.
3. A pause; a break; an interlude.

RESTING adjective

1. That rests; that is not in action or in the process of growth.
2. Unemployed; out of work.
3. Remaining; stationary.

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 RESTING

• Taking it easy
• On break
• Dormant
• Observing the Sabbath
• Kicking back
• Taking five
• Dormant.
• Inactive.
• Abiding.
• Basing.

More clues leading to the result ON BREAK

• Taking five

More clues leading to the result PAUSING

• On a break
• Catching one's breath
• Hesitating
• Taking five