Meaning & use
Onboard
Last updated
Located or carried within a vehicle, vessel, or aircraft, or, of computer components, built directly into a device.
See it in a sentence
The ship's onboard generator kept the lights running during the storm.
The laptop's onboard graphics card struggled to run the new game smoothly.
A note on using this word
Originally a nautical term meaning "on board a ship," it later spread to aviation, computing, and business jargon.
Words with a similar meaning
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Words with an opposite meaning
Another way to use it
2. verb
To integrate a new employee, customer, or system into an organization or process.
The company spent two weeks onboarding new hires before they started their first project.
3. adverb
While aboard a ship, aircraft, or vehicle.
Passengers were asked to remain onboard until the doors opened.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “Onboard”, then compare your use with the examples above.