Definitions

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

Example Sentences

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The extreme heat led to a Eurostar rail service from Cologne to Paris breaking down east of Brussels with about 400 people on board on Friday morning.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026

To take items like mobile phones, vapes and power banks on board in the cabin.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

Londoners will be able to take their first commercial rides with Wayve this summer, with a human operator on board in the initial stages.

From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026

Fans immediately jumped on board with the theory, since Taylor has played the venue eight times and famously loves the Big Apple.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026

I’d spoken with Gran the weekend before, about my latest plan to save Sir Fig Newton, and she was totally on board.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

on board

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