Onboard

Quick meaning: Onboard is an adjective meaning Carried or used on or in a vehicle or vessel.

Meaning

Carried or used on or in a vehicle or vessel.

More Meanings

1. (by extension, figurative) Being a part of, being included in, participating in.
2. On or in a vehicle or vessel; aboard; on board.
3. (figurative) To become a part of a group; (transitive) to incorporate (someone) into a group.
4. (figurative) To begin to use a product or service; to take (someone) on as a new customer of a product or service.

Example Sentences

James is onboard as a production manager.

When it comes to security, everybody seems to be as onboard as I am.

It's easiest to onboard and offboard employees if you have a checklist to follow.

Swinging onto the Treherbert branch under the new OLE, the train's onboard Passenger Information Screens announce we have entered a 'no alcohol' zone. That doesn't seem to help, as some of the passengers who joined us earlier seem 'well oiled' already.

Word Forms

• on-board
• onboards
• onboarding
• onboarded

Synonyms for onboard

Depending on context, synonyms include aboard.

Antonyms for onboard

Common opposites include offboard.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include aboard, boarding, shipborne, shipboard, ship, aircraft.

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