Synonyms of go on

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verb

1

as in to happen

to take place

what in the world is going on in there?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• happen
• come down
• come to pass
• be
• come about
• go down
• occur
• come
• do
• come off
• cook
• spring (up)
• befall
• pass
• hap
• crop (up)
• betide
• shape (up)
• chance
• transpire
• turn out
• rise
• come up
• go off
• fall out
• develop
• arise
• proceed
• materialize
• result
• intervene
• follow
• break

2

as in to ramble

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ramble
• run on
• rattle
• blather (on)
• run one's mouth
• wander
• deviate
• maunder
• stray
• chat
• digress
• sidetrack
• prate
• chatter
• patter
• gab
• waffle
• gibber
• blabber
• burble
• blither
• jabber
• gabble
• prattle
• blab
• drool
• drivel
• bumble

goon

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noun

ˈgün 

1

as in idiot

a stupid person

an unfortunate tendency to call those who disagree with him "brainless goons"

Synonyms & Similar Words

• idiot
• moron
• stupid
• lunatic
• dummy
• prat
• loser
• mutt
• fool
• numbskull
• imbecile
• know-nothing
• dolt
• dimwit
• knucklehead
• donkey
• loon
• ignoramus
• jackass
• dullard
• chucklehead
• clown
• oaf
• ninny
• dunce
• cretin
• pinhead
• blockhead
• dunderhead
• simpleton
• dope
• golem
• lunkhead
• stupe
• bonehead
• meathead
• villain
• goof
• doofus
• numskull
• jerk
• hardhead
• dumbhead
• schnook
• nitwit
• natural
• noddy
• airhead
• clunk
• hammerhead
• bubblehead
• ratbag
• dum-dum
• schlub
• fathead
• gander
• dork
• shlub
• dip
• dumb cluck
• dummkopf
• yahoo
• nimrod
• goose
• nincompoop
• noodle
• dumbbell
• half-wit
• dodo
• turkey
• cluck
• nit
• deadhead
• clodpole
• buffoon
• lump
• lamebrain
• saphead
• ninnyhammer
• chowderhead
• cuddy
• loggerhead
• mome
• birdbrain
• thickhead
• madman
• skunk
• clodpoll
• stock
• cuddie
• dim bulb
• clot
• loony
• woodenhead
• booby
• yo-yo
• mug
• creep
• nut
• snake
• zany
• boor
• beast
• gawk
• stinker
• heel
• cur
• cad
• scatterbrain
• churl
• featherbrain

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brain
• genius
• intellect
• sage
• intellectual
• wizard
• thinker
• whiz
• Renaissance man
• polymath
• sharpy
• sharpie

2

as in thug

a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang

the crime boss threatened to send the goons after him if he squealed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thug
• villain
• gangster
• criminal
• assassin
• bandit
• pirate
• thief
• hoodlum
• ruffian
• bully
• gorilla
• offender
• tough
• hooligan
• hood
• mobster
• gangsta
• rowdy
• punk
• roughneck
• gangbanger
• yob
• yobbo
• plug-ugly
• toughy
• toughie
• scoundrel
• perpetrator
• robber
• mug
• outlaw
• crook
• felon
• brigand
• perp
• mafioso
• cutthroat
• desperado
• highwayman
• racketeer
• vandal
• gunman
• pickpocket
• lawbreaker
• malefactor
• swindler
• bravo
• juvenile delinquent
• tearaway

Examples of go on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

That report went on to detail how the agency had reportedly failed to set standards for agricultural water intended to keep manure and other pathogen sources out of water used to grow produce. —Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 24 Oct. 2024

Ron Ely, the actor best known for playing the titular character in the 1960s TV series Tarzan and went on to appear in shows for an additional three decades, has died at 86. —Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024

Noun

But with the video feed out, Jason made the call to breach the home after killing the lights, and taking out the goons. —Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 1 Sep. 2024

Armando escapes prison early in the film when McGrath and his goons unsuccessfully try to murder him and the bad boys on a plane transferring him to a new prison. —Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 7 June 2024