aboard

1 of 2

adverb or adjective

ə-ˈbȯrd 

1

: alongside

2

a

: on, onto, or within a vehicle (such as a car or ship)

b

: in or into a group, association, or organization

her second promotion since coming aboard

3

baseball : on base

aboard

2 of 2

preposition

: on, onto, within

go aboard ship

aboard a plane

Examples of aboard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adverb or adjective

The Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas is registered in the Bahamas, giving jurisdiction to the Nassau police who came aboard to review the case and subsequently cleared the woman’s fiancé, Faster Pussycat singer Taime Downe, of any wrongdoing. —Zoe G. Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025

Cruisers disembark, crush the town, then return aboard, minus the hotel stay which is a city’s greatest source of tourism revenue. —Chadd Scott, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025

Preposition

What To Know Delta stated that 94 passengers were aboard the Boeing 717 when a haze was observed inside the aircraft shortly after departing Atlanta on Monday morning. —Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025

Quentin died after Tanya shot him and other guests and crew members aboard his yacht on the way back to Taormina, Sicily. —Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 25 Feb. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Adverb or adjective

Middle English abord, probably in part borrowed from Middle French a bord, a bort "on board," in part from Middle English a- a- entry 1 + bord "board, side of a ship" — more at board entry 1

Preposition

Middle English abord, derivative of abord aboard entry 1

First Known Use

Adverb Or Adjective

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Preposition

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for aboard

• abhorred
• accord
• adored
• afford
• award
• baseboard
• billboard
• blackboard
• boxboard
• breadboard
• broadsword
• buckboard

Kids Definition

aboard

1 of 2 adverb

ə-ˈbōrd 

-ˈbȯrd

: on, onto, or within a vehicle (as a car, ship, or airplane)

aboard

2 of 2 preposition

: on or into especially as a passenger

go aboard ship