General crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “General” are BROAD, GROSS or WORLD, with 5 letters. Below are 73 answers from 3 to 14 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

WAY 3 letters · noun

the property of distance in general “it's a long way to Moscow”

FACE 4 letters · noun

the general outward appearance of something “the face of the city is changing”

BROAD 5 letters · adjective

having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other “a river two miles broad”

COMMON 6 letters · adjective

belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public “for the common good”

OVERALL 7 letters · adjective

involving only main features “the overall pattern of his life”

SYSTEMIC 8 letters · adjective

affecting an entire system “a systemic poison”

WORLDWIDE 9 letters · adjective

of worldwide scope or applicability

WIDESPREAD 10 letters · adjective

widely circulated or diffused “a widespread doctrine”

COSMOPOLITAN 12 letters · adjective

of worldwide scope or applicability “an issue of cosmopolitan import”

COMPREHENSIVE 13 letters · adjective

including all or everything “comprehensive coverage”

INDISCRIMINATE 14 letters · adjective

failing to make or recognize distinctions

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, FACE, LORD, WALK, SALE and FOLK all fit. The first letter settles most of it: F → FACE, FOLK · L → LORD · W → WALK · S → SALE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, BROAD, GROSS, WORLD, PLACE, BOARD and SENSE all fit. The first letter settles most of it: B → BROAD, BOARD · G → GROSS · W → WORLD · P → PLACE · S → SENSE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 6 squares, COMMON, PUBLIC, COURSE, HEALTH, MASTER and SECRET all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: M → COMMON · B → PUBLIC · U → COURSE · A → HEALTH · S → MASTER · C → SECRET. 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: “generals” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “general” means

• adjective: applying to all or most members of a category or group (“the general public”)
• adjective: not specialized or limited to one class of things (“general studies”)
• adjective: prevailing among and common to the general public (“the general discontent”)
• adjective: affecting the entire body (“a general anesthetic”)

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