on

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of ON

toward a point ahead in space or time <we really must move on now if we're going to end this meeting before midnight>

Synonyms ahead, forth, forward, on

Near Antonyms backward (or backwards)

toward or at a point lying in advance in space or time <he's getting on in years and doesn't see or hear as well as he used to>

Synonyms ahead, forth, forward, forwards, on, onward (also onwards)

Related Words before, fore, frontward (or frontwards)

Near Antonyms back, backward (or backwards), behind, rearward (also rearwards)

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