Social crossword clue

The most likely answers for the crossword clue “Social” are MIXER, HOUSE or PLACE, with 5 letters. Below are 83 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

GAY 3 letters · adjective

given to social pleasures often including dissipation “led a gay Bohemian life”

HOME 4 letters · noun

a social unit living together “the teacher asked how many people made up his home”

MIXER 5 letters · noun

a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity

ETHNIC 6 letters · adjective

denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people “influenced by ethnic and cultural ties”

COMPANY 7 letters · noun

a social or business visitor “the room was a mess because he hadn't expected company”

CULTURAL 8 letters · adjective

of or relating to the arts and manners that a group favors “cultural events”

HOUSEHOLD 9 letters · noun

a social unit living together “It was a good Christian household”

GREGARIOUS 10 letters · adjective

(of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species “gregarious bird species”

MULTIETHNIC 11 letters · adjective

involving several ethnic groups

CONSERVATIVE 12 letters · adjective

having social or political views favoring conservatism

INTERPERSONAL 13 letters · adjective

occurring among or involving several people “interpersonal situations in which speech occurs”

ANTHROPOLOGIST 14 letters · noun

a social scientist who specializes in anthropology

Telling them apart

With 4 squares, HOME, CALL, POST, RANK, FOLK and FRAT all fit. The first letter settles most of it: H → HOME · C → CALL · P → POST · R → RANK · F → FOLK, FRAT. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 5 squares, MIXER, HOUSE, PLACE, CIVIL, DANCE and FLUID all fit. The first letter tells them all apart: M → MIXER · H → HOUSE · P → PLACE · C → CIVIL · D → DANCE · F → FLUID. Fill in that crossing answer first.

With 3 squares, GAY, TIE and GAB all fit. The third letter tells them all apart: Y → GAY · E → TIE · B → GAB. 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: “socials” wants an answer that ends the same way.

What “social” means

• adjective: relating to human society and its members (“social institutions”)
• adjective: living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups (“a human being is a social animal”)
• adjective: relating to or belonging to or characteristic of high society (“made fun of her being so social and high-toned”)
• adjective: composed of sociable people or formed for the purpose of sociability (“a purely social club”)

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