List of English Prepositions

 

aboard about above abreast across after against along alongside amid amidst among amongst around as aside astride at athwart atop barring before behind below beneath beside besides between betwixt beyond but by circa concerning despite down during except excluding failing following for from given in including inside into like mid (from "amid". Usually used poetically.) minus near next notwithstanding (also used post positionally) of off on onto opposite out outside over pace past per plus qua regarding round save since

      than through throughout till times to toward towards under underneath unlike until up upon versus via with   

      within without worth

 

     Two Words

according to ahead of as of as per as regards aside from because of close to due to except for far from in to (contracted as into) inside of (note that inside out is an adverb, not a preposition) instead of near to next to on to (contracted as onto) out from out of outside of owing to prior to pursuant to regardless of subsequent to thanks to that of

    

     Three words

as far as as well as by means of in accordance with in addition to in case of in front of in lieu of in place of in point of in spite of on account of on behalf of on top of with regard to

      with respect to

 

    

     Archaic or infrequently used

anent anti (loan word) behither betwixt cum (loan word) ere fornenst[1] fornent[1] outwith pro (loan word) qua (loan word) re (loan word) sans (loan word) unto (largely supplanted by to; used in some formal, religious, or archaic contexts)

 

     vis-à-vis (loan word)

     Not fully grammaticalised

concerning considering regarding worth

     

      Preposition-like modifiers of quantified noun phrases

apart from but except plus save

     

      Postpositions

ago as in "five years ago", sometimes (wrongly) considered an adverb rather than a postposition apart as in "this apart", also used prepositionally ("apart from this") aside as in "such examples aside", also used prepositionally ("aside from such examples") away as in "five light years away", sometimes (wrongly) considered an adverb or an adjective rather than a postposition hence as in "five years hence", sometimes considered an adverb rather than a postposition notwithstanding also used prepositionally on as in "five years on", also used prepositionally through as in "the whole night through", also used prepositionally

      withal archaic as a postposition meaning with