On

//ɔn//

Synonyms for "on" (166 found)

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Closest matches (34)

Strong matches (49)

Related words (83)

Related word relations

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12 relation types

Antonyms

3 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

4 entries

coordinate

12 entries

defined as

1 entries

derived

54 entries

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derived from

1 entries

distinct from

1 entries

etymologically related_to

1 entries

has context

22 entries

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related to

55 entries

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similar

2 entries

Translations

394 translations across 100 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • mbi prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • περί prep (dealing with the subject of)
  • ἐν prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • ἐν prep (at the date of)
  • ἐπί prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Arabic

4 entries
  • على prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • عَلَى prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • عَلَى prep (positioned at or resting against the outer surface of; attached to)
  • عَلَى prep (covering)

Armenian

4 entries
  • միացրած adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • ին prep (at the date of)
  • մասին prep (dealing with the subject of)
  • վերաբերյալ prep (dealing with the subject of)

Asturian

3 entries
  • encendíu adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • sobre prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • sobre prep (dealing with the subject of)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • üstündə prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • üzərində prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Bakhtiari

1 entries
  • سر prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • тураһында prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • на prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Belizean Creole

1 entries
  • pahn prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Bengali

1 entries
  • উপর prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • ऊपर prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Breton

1 entries
  • war prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • на prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Burmese

4 entries
  • မှာ prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • မှာ prep (covering)
  • မှာ prep (at the date of)
  • အပေါ် prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Catalan

2 entries
  • sobre prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • sobre prep (dealing with the subject of)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • لە سەر prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • لەسەر prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • ……上 prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • на prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Chuukese

1 entries
  • won prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Cornish

1 entries
  • war prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Czech

4 entries
  • zapnuto adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • dne prep (at the date of)
  • na prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • na prep (positioned at or resting against the outer surface of; attached to)

Dalmatian

1 entries
  • saupra prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Danish

2 entries
  • adj (destined)
  • prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Dutch

4 entries
  • aan adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • actief adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • op adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • aan adv (to an operating state)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • je prep (at the date of)
  • pri prep (dealing with the subject of)
  • sur prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • sur prep (positioned at or resting against the outer surface of; attached to)

Estonian

1 entries
  • sees adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)

Finnish

4 entries
  • but see olla menoa adj (destined)
  • lla adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • on-puolella adj (cricket: in, or towards the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs)
  • päällä adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)

French

4 entries
  • allumé adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • parti adj (destined)
  • encore adv (continuing an action)
  • encore adv (along, forwards (continuing an action))

Galician

4 entries
  • acendido adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • prendido adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • acerca de prep (dealing with the subject of)
  • en prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Ge'ez

1 entries
  • ላዕለ prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ზე prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

German

4 entries
  • an adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • angeschaltet adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • ein adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • eingeschaltet adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌰𐌽𐌰 prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Greek

4 entries
  • periphrastically adj (destined)
  • ανοικτό adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • periphrastically adv (to an operating state)
  • periphrastically adv (continuing an action)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • בנושא prep (dealing with the subject of)
  • בתאריך prep (at the date of)
  • מכסה prep (covering)
  • נוגע prep (positioned at or resting against the outer surface of; attached to)

Hindi

1 entries
  • ... पर prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • bekapcsolva adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • en prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • en prep (positioned at or resting against the outer surface of; attached to)
  • en prep (covering)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • kveiktur adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • á prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Ido

1 entries
  • sur prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • menyala adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • terjadi adj (happening, take place)
  • pakai adv (to cover or be fitted)
  • pasang adv (to cover or be fitted)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • super prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • sur prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Irish

1 entries
  • ar prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Italian

4 entries
  • acceso adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • dentro adj (destined)
  • ancora adv (along, forwards (continuing an action))
  • a prep (positioned at or resting against the outer surface of; attached to)

Japanese

2 entries
  • …に prep (at the date of)
  • …の上に prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • үстінде prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Khmer

1 entries
  • នៅលើ prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Korean

1 entries
  • ...위에 prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • үстүндө prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • үстүнө prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Lao

2 entries
  • ບົນ prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • ເທິງ prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Latin

4 entries
  • a prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • ab prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • de prep (dealing with the subject of)
  • in prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Latvian

1 entries
  • uz prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • in sce prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • ant prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Livonian

1 entries
  • pǟl prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • na prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • на prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Malay

3 entries
  • atas prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • di atas prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • pada prep (at the date of)

Maltese

2 entries
  • fi prep (at the date of)
  • fuq prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Mirandese

1 entries
  • subre prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • дээр prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Navajo

2 entries
  • bikááʼ (bɪkʰáːʔ) prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • bąąh prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Neapolitan

1 entries
  • ngoppe prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • ser prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • adv (to an operating state)
  • prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • adv (to an operating state)
  • prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Occitan

1 entries
  • sobre prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Old East Slavic

1 entries
  • на prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Old Occitan

1 entries
  • sobre prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Pashto

4 entries
  • باندې prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • پر prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • په prep (covering)
  • په prep (at the date of)

Persian

4 entries
  • روشن adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • فعال adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • روشن adv (to an operating state)
  • اندر prep (dealing with the subject of)

Polish

4 entries
  • włączony adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • na prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • na prep (positioned at or resting against the outer surface of; attached to)
  • na prep (covering)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • destinar adj (destined)
  • ligado adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • em prep (covering)
  • na prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Romagnol

1 entries
  • adòs prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Romanian

4 entries
  • de prep (at the date of)
  • deasupra prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • despre prep (dealing with the subject of)
  • pe prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Russian

4 entries
  • вкл. adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • вклю́ченный adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • в prep (at the date of)
  • го prep (at the date of)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • air adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • air prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • air prep (covering)
  • air prep (dealing with the subject of)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • na prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • на prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • supra prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • sùpira prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Slovak

4 entries
  • zapnuté adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • ďalej adv (continuing an action)
  • ďalej adv (along, forwards (continuing an action))
  • dňa prep (at the date of)

Slovene

4 entries
  • na prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • na prep (positioned at or resting against the outer surface of; attached to)
  • na prep (covering)
  • na prep (at the date of)

Spanish

4 entries
  • conectado adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • encendido adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • competer prep (Expressing figurative placement, burden, or attachment.)
  • en prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Swedish

4 entries
  • för adj (destined)
  • igång adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • adj (destined)

Tajik

3 entries
  • ба prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • бар prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • рӯи prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Thai

1 entries
  • บน prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Tibetan

2 entries
  • ལྡེབས་ལ prep (positioned at or resting against the outer surface of; attached to)
  • སྒང་ལ prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Turkish

1 entries
  • üstünde prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • üstünde prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • на prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Urdu

1 entries
  • ... پر prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • ئۈستىدە prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • ustiga prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • trên prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Volapük

1 entries
  • su prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Walloon

2 entries
  • dissu prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • so prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Welsh

1 entries
  • ar prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

West-Frisian

2 entries
  • by prep (positioned at or resting against the outer surface of; attached to)
  • oan prep (positioned at or resting against the outer surface of; attached to)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אויף prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Zazaki

4 entries
  • de (diq) adj (in the state of being active, functioning or operating)
  • naser prep (positioned at or resting against the outer surface of; attached to)
  • sera prep (positioned at the upper surface of)
  • sero prep (positioned at the upper surface of)

Sample sentences

151 total sentences available.

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It depends on the context.

Source: tatoeba (1333)

Tomorrow, he will land on the moon.

Source: tatoeba (1481)

It's useless to keep on thinking any more.

Source: tatoeba (1486)

I have too many things on my mind these days.

Source: tatoeba (1487)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.