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on board

ADJECTIVE
aboard
Synonyms
WEAK
boarded consigned embarked en route in transit loaded on traveling
Antonyms
WEAK
not on off
ADJECTIVE
employed
Synonyms
STRONGEST
engaged hired occupied
STRONG
busy inked laboring operating selected signed
WEAK
active at it at work in a job in collar in harness in place on duty on the job on the payroll plugging away
Antonyms
WEAK
idle inactive unemployed unengaged unoccupied
ADJECTIVE
jobholding
Synonyms
WEAK
active at it at work busy engaged hired in a job in collar in harness in place inked laboring occupied on duty on the job on the payroll operating plugging away retained selected signed working
ADJECTIVE
pending
Synonyms
STRONGEST
imminent impending undecided
WEAK
awaiting continuing dependent forthcoming hanging in line in the balance in the offing in the works indeterminate ominous on line pendent undetermined unsettled up in the air
Antonyms
STRONGEST
distant later
WEAK
improbable unlikely
ADJECTIVE
present
Synonyms
STRONG
attendant near ready there
WEAK
accounted for at hand available existent in attendance in view made the scene on deck on hand on-the-spot show up there with bells on within reach
Antonyms
WEAK
absent away distant far
ADJECTIVE
traveling
Synonyms
STRONG
carried conveyed freighted mobile moving passing shipped
WEAK
en route transportable
Antonyms
STRONG
fixed immobile permanent stationary
ADVERB
here
Synonyms
STRONG
attendant attending hither present
WEAK
available hereabouts hitherto in this direction on deck on hand on the spot within reach
Antonyms
WEAK
there

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Guthrie wrote the weeper in 1948 to commemorate a plane crash in California’s Central Valley that killed all 32 on board, including 28 Mexican nationals with a one-way ticket back home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

And in 2024, a host of figures who’d previously shied away from the president loudly and proudly got on board, from Vance to entertainment figures like Joe Rogan.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

Artemis II served as a major test of the spacecraft and its systems with humans on board.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

Clint Johnson, the chief for the National Transportation Safety Board's Alaska region, said there had been two pilots and six passengers on board, CBS News, the BBC's US partner, reported.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

We watch as the gentlemen on board the ship huddle and talk.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

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