Synonyms for go on
- verb
- noun
- interjection
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Hold on — to continue in extent
hold on, persist, go, last, live, hold out, remain, stick it out informal, sustain, endure, prevail, persevere, abide dated, aby dated
2. Pass — to happen (occur)
pass, happen, come about, take place, hold, pass off, occur, come to pass, hap formal dated
3. Rabbit — to talk frequently or at great length (about a subject)
rabbit, drone on, waffle, blather, palaver, prattle, prate, bleat
4. Continue — to proceed (to do something)
continue, proceed, keep on, keep, go along, roll on, maintain
Other
advance, progress, get along, come up, pass on, move forward, move on, march on, resume, forthgo dated
Noun
Interjection
1. Fiddlesticks — expressing surprise, disbelief or incredulity
fiddlesticks, chinny reckon slang UK, horsefeathers rare
2. Come along — expressing encouragement, see come on
Definitions
- v. 1
To continue in extent.
The meeting seemed to go on forever.
- v. 2
To proceed (to do something).
"Do you want to hear a joke?" — "Oh, all right, go on then."
- interj. 1
Expressing surprise, disbelief or incredulity.
- interj. 2
Expressing encouragement, see come on.
Related words
- Other spellings
- go'on go-on
Example sentences
- last I grew tomatoes last year and they were very good.
- live More people live in the northern part of the city.
- persist You should persist in your efforts to learn English.
- happen The news left me wondering what would happen next.
By length
- 2 letters
- go1
- 3 letters
- hap1, aby
- 4 letters
- last1, keep1, live1, hold1, pass1
- 5 letters
- occur2, abide2, bleat, prate
- 6 letters
- happen2, remain2, resume2, rabbit2, endure2, waffle2
- 7 letters
- advance2, proceed2, sustain2, persist2, prevail2, blather2, palaver, prattle2, forthgo
- 8 letters
- continue3, progress2, maintain2
- 9 letters
- persevere3
- 12 letters
- fiddlesticks
- 13 letters
- horsefeathers
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (occur2 = 2 syllables).