be on the ball

1. 1.

   be well-informed

   Synonymsknow the scorebe with itknow what's going onknow what's what

   Broaderknow

Questions about be on the ball

What does be on the ball mean?

be on the ball means "be well-informed".

What is another word for be on the ball?

Close synonyms include know the score, be with it, know what's going on, know what's what. 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.