be on the ball

Questions about be on the ball

What is another word for be on the ball?

It depends which be on the ball you mean. In the sense “be well-informed”, the synonyms are know the score, be with it, know what's going on, know what's what. Across all 1 sense there are 4 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of be on the ball?

WordNet records no antonym for be on the ball. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for be on the ball come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of be on the ball

• Full entry for be on the ballAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for be on the ballWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.