Meanings
- Atop.
There's a house on top of the mountain.
- Very close to, in any orientation or in time.
Living on top of one another in a refugee camp is stressful.
1 more example
At peak times, a telephone operator must handle a number of calls, one on top of the next.
- idiomaticIn addition to something else.
[…] and on top of all that, I got a puncture!
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No Ammonite or Moabite is to enter the congregation of GOD, even to the tenth generation, nor any of his children, ever. Those nations didn’t treat you with hospitality on your travels out of Egypt, and on top of that they also hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Mesopotamia to curse you.
2018, “Deuteronomy 23”, in Eugene H. Peterson, transl., The Message Deluxe Gift Bible, Tyndale House Publishers, →ISBN, page 195And on top of it all, you just! DON'T! LISTEN!
2026 March 20, Gooseworx, “hjsakldfhl” (28:06 from the start), in The Amazing Digital Circus, episode 8, spoken by Pomni (Lizzie Freeman) - idiomaticFully informed about, and in control of, something; up to speed with.
I have sorted out the problems and am now on top of the situation.
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You will need to get on top of your nutrition in addition to training for washboard abs.
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Arabic عِلَاوَةً عَلَى
- عِلَاوَةً عَلَى (ʕilāwatan ʕalā)in addition
Finnish lisäksi, päälle
- lisäksiin addition
- päällein addition
- hallinnassainformed and in control, up to speed
- vauhdissainformed and in control, up to speed
French de plus, en plus
- de plusin addition
- en plusin addition
German auf dem Laufenden
- auf dem Laufendeninformed and in control, up to speed
Greek επιπροσθέτως
- επιπροσθέτως (epiprosthétos)in addition
Polish na dodatek, oprócz
- na dodatekin addition
- opróczin addition
- pod kontroląinformed and in control, up to speed
Romanian pe lângă, la curent
- pe lângăin addition
- la curentinformed and in control, up to speed
Slovak okrem, na dôvažok
- okremin addition
- na dôvažokin addition
- nadinformed and in control, up to speed
Spanish encima de, a más de
- encima dein addition
- a más dein addition
- encargarse deinformed and in control, up to speed
Cite this entry
on top of. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20top%20of
“on top of.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20top%20of. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “on top of,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20top%20of.
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