Community crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Community” are HOUSE or HORDE, with 5 letters. Below are 11 answers from 4 to 10 letters, best match first in each length, then what each top answer means and how to tell them apart.

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The best answers, explained

HOOD 4 letters · noun

(slang) a neighborhood or community

HOUSE 5 letters · noun

the members of a religious community living together

PARISH 6 letters · noun

a local church community

VILLAGE 7 letters · noun

a community of people smaller than a town

SUPERIOR 8 letters · noun

the head of a religious community

MONASTERY 9 letters · noun

the residence of a religious community

SETTLEMENT 10 letters · noun

a community of people smaller than a town

Other forms of this clue

Clues often use another form of the word, and the answer then takes the same form: “communities” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “community” means

• noun: a group of people living in a particular local area (“the team is drawn from all parts of the community”)
• noun: a group of people having a religion, ethnic, profession, or other particular characteristic in common (“he was well known throughout the Catholic community”)
• noun: common ownership (“they shared a community of possessions”)
• noun: a group of nations having common interests (“they hoped to join the NATO community”)

A clue usually points at one of these senses, so the right answer is the one that matches the sense the puzzle means: check it against the crossing words.

About these answers

We match the clue against our own thesaurus and dictionary (Open English WordNet): words that mean the same as COMMUNITY, and words whose definition is COMMUNITY. We don't copy answers from newspaper puzzles, so a clue that leans on trivia or wordplay may need the crossing letters instead.