Next crossword clue
The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Next” are CLOSE, with 5 letters. Below are 14 answers from 5 to 11 letters, best match first in each length, then what each top answer means and how to tell them apart.
5 letters
6 letters
- future
8 letters
- adjacent
- incoming
9 letters
- following
- twentieth
- sixteenth
- thirtieth
10 letters
- succeeding
- nineteenth
- eighteenth
- thirteenth
- fourteenth
11 letters
- seventeenth
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The best answers, explained
- CLOSE 5 letters · verb
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut “Close the door”
- FUTURE 6 letters · adjective
- (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving
- ADJACENT 8 letters · adjective
- nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space “had adjacent rooms”
- FOLLOWING 9 letters · adjective
- immediately following in time or order “the following day”
- SUCCEEDING 10 letters · adjective
- (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving
- SEVENTEENTH 11 letters · adjective
- coming next after the sixteenth in position
Telling them apart
With 9 squares, FOLLOWING, TWENTIETH, SIXTEENTH and THIRTIETH all fit. The second letter tells them all apart: O → FOLLOWING · W → TWENTIETH · I → SIXTEENTH · H → THIRTIETH. Fill in that crossing answer first.
With 10 squares, SUCCEEDING, NINETEENTH, EIGHTEENTH, THIRTEENTH and FOURTEENTH all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: S → SUCCEEDING · N → NINETEENTH · E → EIGHTEENTH · T → THIRTEENTH · F → FOURTEENTH. Fill in that crossing answer first.
What “next” means
- adjective: immediately following in time or order (“next in line”)
- adjective: nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space (“in the next room”)
- adjective: (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving (“our next president”)
- adjective: (of a day of the week) nearest (or nearest but one) after the present moment (“not this Saturday, next Saturday”)
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 NEXT, and words whose definition is NEXT. We don't copy answers from newspaper puzzles, so a clue that leans on trivia or wordplay may need the crossing letters instead.
Questions people ask
What is a 5-letter word for next?
CLOSE. CLOSE means “move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut”.
What is a 6-letter word for next?
FUTURE. FUTURE means “(of elected officers) elected but not yet serving”.
What is a 8-letter word for next?
ADJACENT or INCOMING. ADJACENT means “nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space”.
What is a 9-letter word for next?
FOLLOWING, TWENTIETH or SIXTEENTH. FOLLOWING means “immediately following in time or order”.
How do I narrow down the answer for “Next”?
Count the squares, then use a crossing letter: the section “Telling them apart” shows which square separates the answers of each length. The crossword solver takes the clue and your letters together.
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