List of English Prepositions - Single Words

Single Words

  • a
  • abaft
  • aboard
  • about
  • above
  • absent
  • across
  • afore
  • after
  • against
  • along
  • alongside
  • amid
  • amidst
  • among
  • amongst
  • an (see "a" for usage in front of consonants)
  • apropos ("apropos of" is a common derived term)
  • apud
  • around
  • as (also an adverb and a conjunction)
  • aside
  • astride
  • at
  • athwart
  • atop
  • barring
  • before
  • behind
  • below
  • beneath
  • beside
  • besides
  • between
  • beyond
  • but
  • by
  • circa (sometimes abbreviated as "c." or "ca.")
  • concerning
  • despite
  • down
  • during
  • except
  • excluding
  • failing
  • following
  • for
  • from
  • given
  • in
  • including
  • inside
  • into
  • lest
  • like
  • mid (from "amid". Usually used poetically.)
  • midst (from "amidst". Usually used poetically.)
  • minus
  • modulo
  • near
  • next
  • notwithstanding (also used postpositionally)
  • of
  • off
  • on
  • onto
  • opposite
  • out
  • outside
  • over
  • pace
  • past
  • per
  • plus
  • pro
  • qua
  • regarding
  • round
  • sans
  • save
  • since
  • than
  • through, thru (informal)
  • throughout, thruout (informal)
  • till
  • times
  • to
  • toward
  • towards
  • under
  • underneath
  • unlike
  • until
  • unto
  • up
  • upon
  • versus, commonly abbreviated as "vs.", or (principally in law or sports) as "v."
  • via
  • vice, meaning "in place of"
  • with (sometimes written as "w/")
  • within (sometimes written as "w/in" or "w/i")
  • without (sometimes written as "w/o")
  • worth

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