Antonyms for on on
Grammar : Adv |
Spell : on, awn |
Phonetic Transcription : ɒn, ɔn |
Definition of on on
Origin :- Old English on, unstressed variant of an "in, on, into," from Proto-Germanic *ana "on" (cf. Dutch aan, German an, Gothic ana "on, upon"), from PIE root *an- "on" (cf. Avestan ana "on," Greek ana "on, upon," Latin an-, Old Church Slavonic na, Lithuanian nuo "down from"). Also used in Old English in many places where we would now use in. From 16c.-18c. (and still in northern England dialect) often reduced to o'. Phrase on to "aware" is from 1877. On time is from 1890.
- As in on and on : adv continuously
- As in away : adv continuously
- As in ad infinitum : adv to infinity
- As in day in and day out : adv all the time
- As in forever : adv for all time; everlasting
Synonyms for on on
- ad nauseam
- always
- at length
- constantly
- continuously
- durably
- endlessly
- enduringly
- eternally
- evermore
- everyday
- everything considered
- for always
- for good
- for keeps
- for life
- forever
- forevermore
- having no end
- immortally
- in perpetuity
- in perpetuum
- incessantly
- infinitely
- interminably
- lastingly
- month in month out
- never-ending
- now and forever
- on and on
- permanently
- perpetually
- regularly
- relentless
- relentlessly
- repeatedly
- steadily
- till blue in the face
- till death do us part
- till Doomsday
- till the cows come home
- till the end of time
- time after time
- time and time again
- tirelessly
- unceasingly
- unchangingly
- uninterruptedly
- unlimitedly
- unremitting
- unremittingly
- week in week out
- without a break
- without break
- without end
- without exception
- without limit
- without rest
- without stopping
- world without end
- year in year out
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