List of Prepositions
Quick Refresher
Prepositions are words that show the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and some other word or element in the rest of the sentence.
List of Prepositions
This list contains one-word, two-word, and three-word prepositions. Sometimes, words act together to form one preposition.
A aboard, about, above, across, after, against, ahead of, along, amid, amidst, among, around, as, as far as, as of, aside from, at, athwart, atop
B barring, because of, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, besides, between, beyond, but, by, by means of
C circa, concerning
D despite, down, during
E except, except for, excluding
F far from, following, for, from
I in, in accordance with, in addition to, in case of, in front of, in lieu of, in place of, in spite of, including, inside, instead of, into
L like
M minus
N near, next to, notwithstanding
O of, off, on, on account of, on behalf of, on top of, onto, opposite, out, out of, outside, over
P past, plus, prior to
R regarding, regardless of
S save, since
T than, through, throughout, till, to, toward, towards
U under, underneath, unlike, until, up, upon
V versus, via
W with, with regard to, within, without
What is a preposition?
Seeing a list of prepositions is great, but you also need to understand what prepositions are.
Prepositions are words that show the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and some other word in the sentence. They are ALWAYS found in prepositional phrases.
Here are some examples of prepositional phrases.
at the movie
up the tree
around the block
Notice that all three of these prepositional phrases begin with a preposition (at, up, around) and end with a noun (movie, tree, block).
Here’s an example of a sentence with two prepositional phrases.
The cake with nuts fell onto the floor.
With nuts starts with the preposition with and ends with the noun nuts.
Onto the floor starts with the preposition onto and ends with the noun floor.
Prepositions/Prepositional phrases
AGH / Jan 2020