BON

B3O1N1
UK/bɒn/US/bɑn/

proper noun

An indigenous Tibetan religion, in many ways akin to Tibetan Buddhism.

Similar
BonismObonBon Gula
OriginTibetan བོན →
CommonScrabble 5
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Meanings

BON1

nounBON (countable and uncountable, plural BONs)

plural BONs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableobject-oriented programmingInitialism of business object notation, notation for high-level object-oriented analysis.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of the jaws.
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputationalInitialism of bag of n-grams.

    Note that the BoW scheme is a special case of the BoN scheme, with n=1.

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Bon2

proper noun

alternative Bön

  1. An indigenous Tibetan religion, in many ways akin to Tibetan Buddhism.

    Synonyms: Bonism

Bon3

proper noun

alternative Bön

  1. Synonym of Obon

    Synonyms: Obon

Bon4

proper noun

alternative Bön

  1. Synonym of Bon Gula.

    Synonyms: Bon Gula

BoN5

nounBoN (plural BoNs)

plural BoNs

  1. computationalAlternative letter-case form of BON (“bag of n-grams”).

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounAn indigenous Tibetan religion, in many ways akin to Tibetan Buddhism.

Similar
Bonism

proper nounSynonym of Obon

Similar
Obon

proper nounSynonym of Bon Gula.

Similar
Bon Gula
Also see
bonismobon

Origin

  1. Tibetanབོན
  2. EnglishBon

Borrowed from Tibetan བོན (bon).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

BON. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/BON

MLA

“BON.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/BON. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “BON,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/BON.

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