List of Prepositions

This page contains a clean text list of prepositions in the english language. Prepositions are, for those that do not remember middle school english class, words “used to express spatial or temporal relations or mark various semantic roles.”

Prepositions work by combining with a noun (person, place or thing) creating what is called a “complement” to the noun. As this is merely a site for lists we will avoid the complicated grammatical rules for prepositions but just note there’s over 100 prepositions used in the english language. The hidden secret of the prepositions is that it really depends on how a word is used that depends on whether the word is preposition or not. That said, the section below contains a list of words to be on the look out for.

List of Prepositions in the English Language

As promised, the list below contains a list of prepositions in the english language. Remember that you can feel free to use this list for any commercial or personal purpose without attribution or permission. However if you do decide to cite us on your website or paper, we wouldn’t be mad about it.

aboard
about
above
across
after
against
along
amid
among
anti
around
as
at
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
besides
between
beyond
but
by
concerning
considering
despite
down
during
except
excepting
excluding
following
for
from
in
inside
into
like
minus
near
of
off
on
onto
opposite
outside
over
past
per
plus
regarding
round
save
since
than
through
to
toward
towards
under
underneath
unlike
until
up
upon
versus
via
with
within
without

List of Prepositions in Tabular Form

The following is the same list of prepositions, only occurring in tabular form for the convenience of the user. Please let us know if there is another format for which you were looking and could not find. We are constantly looking to improve the user experience of the website.