Word.ws English Dictionary

addon

addon is the alternative form of add-on.

Meaning of add-on

Noun

add-on (plural add-ons)

  1. (attributive, sometimes) Something which can be appended to something else.
    • Payments made before an add-on sale must be allocated entirely to the previous contract or contracts.1969, Edward D. Giacomini, California Retail Installment Sales, page 172
    Synonyms:
    addition
  2. A software extension or hardware peripheral that provides additional functions or customization for a core application or system.
    • Microdrives that can hold several gigabytes (see Figure 2.20) have been available as add-ons for portable devices.2010, Kenneth Baldauf, Ralph Stair, Succeeding with Technology, page 77
  3. Additional chips that can be purchased at specific times in tournament play.
  4. Synonym of expansion pack.
    Synonyms:
    expansion pack

Forms of addon

pluraladdons

Origin of addon

Deverbal from add on.

Questions about addon

What is addon the alternative form of?
Addon is the alternative form of add-on.

Words near addon in the dictionary

  1. addnl
  2. addns.
  3. ADDO
  4. addolorato
  5. addoloratos
  6. addon
  7. Addonizio
  8. addons
  9. addoom
  10. addoomed
  11. addooming

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: addon (page history and authors); add-on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “addon.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/addon. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.