be on

1. 1.

   appear in a show, on T.V. or radio

   “The news won't be on tonight”

   Synonymsget on

   Broaderair

Questions about be on

What does be on mean?

be on means "appear in a show, on T.V. or radio".

What is another word for be on?

Close synonyms include get on. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is be on a common word?

be on is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.