GONE ON Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of gone (on)

as in obsessed

filled with an intense or excessive love for I've never seen her so gone on a man before

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verb

past participle of go on

as in happened

to take place what in the world is going on in there?

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as in rattled

to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point my, but Aunt Betty does go on about all of her aches and pains

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Many health workers have gone on strike to protest not being paid for their work since the outbreak was declared. — CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 Many health workers have gone on strike to protest lack of payment for their work since the outbreak was declared. — ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026 Multiple Read Alliance alums have gone on to become educators, citing their experience in the after school program as part of their motivation to become teachers. — Read Alliance, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Palantir has gone on the offensive to combat the narrative, arguing that the AI models from Silicon Valley companies don’t perform as well and steal customers’ private data (an argument that the other companies dispute). — Preston Fore, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026 Much of the new ⁠defence spending so far has gone on missiles capable of striking targets more than 1,000 km (621 miles) away. — Reuters, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026 At that moment, the region’s buzziest genre filmmaker was Yeon, whose Train to Busan had premiered to acclaim in Cannes’ Midnight Screenings in 2016 and gone on to earn more than $100 million worldwide. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026 Siebel Newsom is a former actor who has gone on to establish a nonprofit focused on feminism. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026 This story has been updated to correct the 25-year record of how many times the victor of the winner’s bracket game has gone on to reach the finals of the College World Series. — Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 15 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gone (on)

Adjective

The victim’s mother, 60-year-old Adra Pegues, said the killer recently went on a first date with her daughter and then became obsessed with Davis, who wasn’t interested in a second date.

— Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026
But while ripoffs and dodgy reboots are common in horror, some of the weirdest unauthorized sequels are the result of an obsessed fan self-financing a tribute to their favorite movie.

— Katie Rife, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of obsessed

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Now, as her family, friends and fans mourn, questions remain about what happened in the actress’ final hours before her death at age 36, far from home at an apartment in South Carolina.

— Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Although the crime happened in Kansas City, Argyriou said, so did the response.

— Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of happened

Adjective

For years, Coventry had lived a charmed life in the top flight, pulling off a few dramatic escapes either side of a glorious FA Cup success in 1987.

— Oliver Kay, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
The actor discussed their charmed meet-cute on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2011.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 9 July 2026

Definition of charmed

Verb

When service is done and cleaned up, both Joy and Kayley cry tears of embarrassment and frustration.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2026
The first, the Norwood procedure, is typically done within the first two weeks of a baby’s life, followed by the Bi-directional Glenn Shunt procedure at around 4 to 6 months and the Fontan procedure around 18 months to 3 years.

— Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of done

Verb

Cars lined the streets looking for parking spots as people rambled through the bustling marketplace at Clock Tower Landing.

— Kendrick Calfee June 6, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2026
When asked simple questions by William Savitt, one of the attorneys representing OpenAI, Musk rambled and avoided the issue at hand.

— Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 May 2026

Definition of rambled

Adjective

The Picture of Dorian Gray An enchanted portrait and a life of debauchery are at the core of this lavish literary horror by Oscar Wilde.

— Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026
Six years later, Frozen 2 took the story beyond Arendelle, as Anna, Elsa, Olaf and Kristoff traveled into an enchanted forest to uncover the source of Elsa’s powers and learn more about their family’s past.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of enchanted

Verb

As for Joe Musgrove’s next opportunity, that will come Thursday for Triple-A El Paso for Oklahoma City.

— Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Menon came aboard on July 14, making the trip on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft along with cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2026

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