Standard Lemma guide

ono

adj · name · noun · phrase · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: OW1 N OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

good-tasting, delicious.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Hawaii, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A surname from Japanese.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Synonym of wahoo (“type of fish”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Hawaii

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wahoo

Antonyms: none provided

4

phrase

Meaning 4

Abbreviation of or near(est) offer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

Examples

  • Bike for sale: €300 ono

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

phrase

Meaning 5

Abbreviation of over and out.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Yoko Ono

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: musician

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻono (“delicious”).

Borrowed from Japanese 小野 (Ono) or 大野 (Ōno).

Borrowed from Hawaiian ono.