Definitions For On

adjective

  • In operation or operational
  • (of events) planned or scheduled

adverb

  • With a forward motion
  • Indicates continuity or persistence or concentration
  • In a state required for something to function or be effective

Acronym

  • Om Namah Shivaya (meditation chant)
  • Office for National Statistics (UK)
  • One Night Stand
  • Old North State
  • Onslaught (Unreal Tournament 2004)
  • Operador Nacional do Sistema Eletrico (Brazil)
  • Oncology Nursing Society
  • Office of Nuclear Safety
  • Offshore Northern Seas
  • Occipital Nerve Stimulation (migraine treatment)
  • Onboard Navigation System
  • Oral Nutritional Supplement
  • Operational Navigation Chart
  • Orchestra of New Spain (Dallas, TX)
  • Optical Networking System
  • Object Naming Service
  • Operational Needs Statement
  • Office of Nursing Services (US VA)
  • OMEGA Navigation System
  • Optical Networking Services (Cisco)
  • Optical Network Service
  • Open Network Services
  • One-Name Study (genealogy)
  • Office of Neighborhood Services (various locations)
  • Oulu Nice Soccer (female soccer team; Oulu, Finland)
  • Open Networking System
  • Oriental Numismatic Society
  • Odyssey Nail Systems
  • Observatoire National de la Sécurité et de l'Accessibilité des Établissements d'Enseignement (French: National Observatory for Safety and Accessibility of Educational Institutions)
  • Order of Nova Scotia
  • On Premise Station
  • Onset Constraint
  • Office of NATO Standardization
  • Organized Neighbors of Summerhill (Atlanta, GA)
  • Liverpool to Halifax Slow (routing designation; US Navy)
  • Online Needlework Shop

Is Ons a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
3
Words with Friends
4

The word On is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends

Examples of On in a Sentence

  • There is a lot of frosting on the cake.
  • Books on sports heroes are my favorite reading matter
  • We're far on with our project.
  • I'll come by to help you later on.
  • The lid is on tight.
  • The band will be on in 10 minutes.
  • He is on tomorrow from 6 a.m to 6 p.m.

Synonyms for On

Antonyms for Ons

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