Great crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Great” are GOOD, KEEN or NEAT, with 4 letters. Below are 106 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

OLD 3 letters · adjective

excellent “we had a grand old time”

GOOD 4 letters · adjective

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified “good news from the hospital”

LARGE 5 letters · adjective

in an advanced stage of pregnancy

GROOVY 6 letters · adjective

excellent

CAPITAL 7 letters · adjective

uppercase “capital A”

PREGNANT 8 letters · adjective

carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life

IMPORTANT 9 letters · adjective

of great significance or value “important people”

DETERMINED 10 letters · adjective

characterized by great determination “a struggle against a determined enemy”

OUTSTANDING 11 letters · adjective

of major significance or importance “Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th century”

ENTHUSIASTIC 12 letters · adjective

having or showing great excitement and interest “enthusiastic crowds filled the streets”

EXTRAORDINARY 13 letters · adjective

beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable; special “extraordinary authority”

MEANINGFULNESS 14 letters · noun

the quality of having great value or significance

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, GOOD, KEEN, NEAT, MUCH, LONG and FIRE all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: G → GOOD · K → KEEN · N → NEAT · M → MUCH · L → LONG · F → FIRE. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, LARGE, HEAVY, BULLY, SWELL, DANDY and NIFTY all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: L → LARGE · H → HEAVY · B → BULLY · S → SWELL · D → DANDY · N → NIFTY. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, OLD, BIG, HOT, FAT, BOB and JOY all fit. The first letter settles most of it: O → OLD · B → BIG, BOB · H → HOT · F → FAT · J → JOY. 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: “greats” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “great” means

• adjective: relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind (“a great juicy steak”)
• adjective: of major significance or importance (“a great work of art”)
• adjective: remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect (“a great crisis”)
• adjective: excellent (“had a great time at the party”)

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