Meanings
- not comparableOn that: on (top of) it.
Near-synonyms: thereover, thereabove
1 more example
Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 23:20-21Synonyms: thereupon, thereover, thereabove · Antonyms: thereunder, therebeneath
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbAbout that: about it (concerning it, regarding it).
More synonyms by meaning
adverbon that
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishþǣron
- Englishthereon
From Old English þǣron, equivalent to there + on.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian в това отношение
- в това отношение (v tova otnošenie)within this content or context
Chinese Mandarin 在其上, 隨即 /随即
- 在其上within this content or context
- 隨即 /随即 (suíjí)within this content or context
Dutch daarop
- daaropwithin this content or context
Finnish siihen
- siihenwithin this content or context
French jusque-là
- jusque-làwithin this content or context
German daran
- daranwithin this content or context
Hungarian rajta, azon
- rajtawithin this content or context
- azonwithin this content or context
Japanese そのうえに, そこで直ちに
- そのうえにwithin this content or context
- そこで直ちに (soko de nochi ni)within this content or context
- それに関して (sore ni kanshite)within this content or context
Korean 그 위에, 그 후 즉시
- 그 위에 (geu wie)within this content or context
- 그 후 즉시 (geu hu jeuksi)within this content or context
Spanish al respecto
- al respectowithin this content or context
Swedish därom, därpå
- däromwithin this content or context
- därpåwithin this content or context
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with thereon
Anagrams
Cite this entry
thereon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thereon
“thereon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thereon. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thereon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thereon.
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