Clues for the word "POISE"
We've had 103 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 292 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on August 25, 2026.
Definition of poise
- v. - Weight; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness.
- v. - The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.
- v. - The state of being balanced by equal weight or power; equipoise; balance; equilibrium; rest.
- v. - That which causes a balance; a counterweight.
- n. - To balance; to make of equal weight; as, to poise the scales of a balance.
- n. - To hold or place in equilibrium or equiponderance.
- n. - To counterpoise; to counterbalance.
- n. - To ascertain, as by the balance; to weigh.
- n. - To weigh (down); to oppress.
- v. i. - To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.
Referring Clues
- Aplomb
- Rating subject at a beauty pageant
- Sang-froid
- Modeling asset
- Cool
- Grace under pressure
- Pageant judging criterion
- Model's asset
- Runway asset
- Miss America contestant's asset
- Composure
- Model's attribute
- Model quality
- Pageant entrant's asset
- Self-assurance
- Savoir-faire
- Model asset
- Cool head
- Asset at an interview
- Grace under fire
- Equanimity
- Confidence
- Stage presence
- Coolness under pressure
- "Miss America" judging criterion
- Self-confidence
- Self-possession
- Coolheadedness
- Dignity
- Composure under duress
- Self-assuredness
- Composure and coolness
- Finishing school emphasis
- Speaker's asset
- Press secretary's asset
- Cool quality
- Calmness
- Graceful assurance
- Dignified manner
- Presence of mind
- Coolness
- Beauty contestant's asset
- Model's need
- Equilibrium
- Modeling need
- Social grace
- Assurance
- Balance
- Social asset
- Grace
- Beauty pageant judging criterion
- Factor in a beauty contest
- Pageant contestant's attribute
- Composed manner
- State of ballance
- Miss America quality
- Charm school subject
- Pageant-judging criterion
- Asset in a beauty pageant
- Unruffled quality
- Presence
- Confident manner
- Elegant bearing
- State of balance
- Cool-headedness
- Social presence
- Good quality in a model
- Public speaker's asset
- Graceful bearing
- Social composure
- Bearing
- Dignity and assurance of manner
- The porpoise's tail is for balance
- That of one in a position of dignity?
- The pose I'm in shows aplomb
- Cool attitude, one maintained
- Sit, keeping one's balance
- Put forward when maintaining one's equilibrium
- Runway model's asset
- Cool customer's quality
- Physical balance
- Model holds one for balance
- Model, keeping one's balance
- Pageant entrant's 6-Down
- Composure of model one's accepted
- Sangfroid
- Calm dignified manner
- Balance one in position
- On-stage asset
- That elegant grace porpoises have
- Ballerina's quality
- Trait for a ballerina
- Relaxed self-assurance
- That of one in a position of dignity?
- Difficult thing to maintain under pressure
- Graceful manner
- Ballerina's asset
- Unflappability
- Graceful elegance
- Self-composure
- Calmness under pressure
- Confident bearing
- "The ability to be ill-at-ease inconspicuously," per Earl Wilson
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - August 25, 2026
- New York Times - July 16, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 07, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 19, 2026
- Daily Quick - February 25, 2026
- Mirror Daily - December 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 23, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 16, 2025
- Daily American - July 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 05, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 03, 2025
- LA Times - June 30, 2025
- New York Times - June 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 04, 2025
- New York Times - June 01, 2025
- LA Times - May 28, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 13, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 19, 2025
- LA Times - March 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 17, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 16, 2025
- Daily Quick - December 16, 2024
- Daily American - December 04, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 26, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 07, 2024
- Daily American - November 04, 2024
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