Company crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Company” are PARTY, TROOP or MOVER, with 5 letters. Below are 24 answers from 4 to 11 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

JOIN 4 letters · verb

come into the company of “She joined him for a drink”

PARTY 5 letters · noun

a band of people associated temporarily in some activity “they organized a party to search for food”

CALLER 6 letters · noun

a social or business visitor

SOCIETY 7 letters · noun

the state of being with someone “he enjoyed the society of his friends”

WARDROBE 8 letters · noun

collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company

ASSOCIATE 9 letters · noun

a friend who is frequently in the company of another

FELLOWSHIP 10 letters · noun

the state of being with someone

DISTRIBUTOR 11 letters · noun

a company that markets merchandise “his company is a large distributor of software products”

Telling them apart

With 5 squares, PARTY, TROOP and MOVER all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: P → PARTY · T → TROOP · M → MOVER. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, CALLER, TROUPE, NUMBER, OUTFIT, CIRCUS and COHORT all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: L → CALLER · O → TROUPE · M → NUMBER · T → OUTFIT · R → CIRCUS · H → COHORT. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 7 squares, SOCIETY, POSTING, CONSORT and SHIPPER all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: C → SOCIETY · S → POSTING · N → CONSORT · I → SHIPPER. Fill in that crossing answer first.

Other forms of this clue

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

What “company” means

• noun: an institution created to conduct business (“he started the company in his garage”)
• noun: small military unit; usually two or three platoons
• noun: the state of being with someone (“he missed their company”)
• noun: organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical) (“the traveling company all stayed at the same hotel”)

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 COMPANY, and words whose definition is COMPANY. We don't copy answers from newspaper puzzles, so a clue that leans on trivia or wordplay may need the crossing letters instead.