About

//əˈbaʊt//

Synonyms for "about" (202 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (41)

approximately around almost apropos concerning near nearly not far from relative to respecting touching with regard to with respect to active after again against aimlessly all but all over

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all round along toward alongside ament anent any which way anyhow anywise apropos of

Preposition(4 words)

apropos as for anent as far as

Adjective(2 words)

around active

Adverb(3 words)

give or take around around about

Adverb(3 words)

almost approximately around

Strong matches (60)

as for as regards as respects as to at close quarters at hand at random back back and forth backward beside bout carelessly casually circa circuitously close close about close at hand close by

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Preposition(12 words)

as regards as relates to as respects as to concerned with concerning connected with dealing with in reference to in regard to in regards to in relation to

Adjective(1 words)

Adjective(1 words)

Adverb(1 words)

Verb(1 words)

Related words (101)

Preposition(14 words)

in respect of in terms of irt on re referring to regarding relating to relative to respecting touching with regard to with respect to wrt

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Adverb(3 words)

ish loosely plus or minus

Adverb(11 words)

just about more or less most near nearly nigh or so roughly some virtually well-nigh

Particle(1 words)

Adjective(1 words)

mobile

Verb(1 words)

waste time

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Antonyms

1 entries

precisely

Synonyms

19 entries

almost ament approximately apropos around bout concerning near near to nearly not far from relative to respecting touching virtually well nigh

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derived

216 entries

I don't know about that I don't want to talk about it a man about a dog a man about a horse about east about face about me about one's ears about one's person about page about ship about sledge about that life about time about turn about-face

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has context

1 entries

north america

related to

54 entries

almost apparent approximate approximately approximation around around and astir circuitous circularly circumference concern concerned concerned with concerning concerning something

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similar

2 entries

active

Translations

588 translations across 83 languages.

Ancient Greek

3 entries

περί prep (on every side of)
περί prep (concerning)
ἀμφί prep (on every side of)

Arabic

4 entries

حوالي adv (nearly, approximately)
حَوَالِي adv (nearly, approximately)
حولين prep (on every side of)
حَوْلَ prep (on every side of)

Armenian

4 entries

գրեթե adv (nearly, approximately)
համարյա adv (nearly, approximately)
մոտ adv (nearly, approximately)
մոտավորապես adv (nearly, approximately)

Assamese

2 entries

অৰ কথা prep (concerned with, engaged in)
অৰ বিষয়ে prep (concerned with, engaged in)

Asturian

3 entries

a puntu de prep (on the point or verge of)
de prep (concerning)
sobre prep (concerned with, engaged in)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

barədə prep (concerning)
haqqında prep (concerning)
yanında prep (on every side of)
yanında prep (in the immediate neighborhood of)

Bashkir

4 entries

турала prep (concerning)
тураһында prep (concerning)
хаҡында prep (concerning)
янында prep (on one's person; nearby the person)

Belarusian

4 entries

блі́зка adv (nearly, approximately)
прыблі́зна adv (nearly, approximately)
аб prep (concerning)
пра prep (concerning)

Bengali

2 entries

নিয়ে prep (concerning)
সম্বন্ধে prep (concerning)

Bulgarian

4 entries

около adv (nearly, approximately)
приблизително adv (nearly, approximately)
за prep (concerning)
отно́сно prep (concerning)

Catalan

4 entries

a punt de prep (on the point or verge of)
de prep (concerning)
sobre prep (concerning)
sobre prep (concerned with, engaged in)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

大概 adv (nearly, approximately)
即將 /即将 prep (on the point or verge of)
大概 prep (on every side of)
對於 /对于 prep (concerning)

Czech

4 entries

asi adv (nearly, approximately)
přibližně adv (nearly, approximately)
kolem prep (on every side of)
o prep (concerning)

Danish

4 entries

cirka adv (nearly, approximately)
i omkreds adv (in circuit)
næsten adv (nearly, approximately)
omkring adv (on all sides)

Dutch

4 entries

afwisselend adv (in succession; one after another)
beurtelings adv (in succession; one after another)
bijna adv (nearly, approximately)
dichtbij adv (near; in the vicinity)

Eastern Mari

1 entries

иктаж adv (nearly, approximately)

Esperanto

4 entries

proksimume adv (nearly, approximately)
returnen adv (to a reversed order, or opposite direction)
ĉirkaŭ adv (nearly, approximately)
ĉirkaŭe adv (on all sides)

Finnish

4 entries

likimain adv (nearly, approximately)
lähellä adv (near; in the vicinity)
noin adv (nearly, approximately)
peräjälkeen adv (in succession; one after another)

French

4 entries

environ adv (nearly, approximately)
au sujet (de) prep (concerned with, engaged in)
au sujet de prep (concerning)
au-dessus de prep (over or upon different parts of)

Galician

4 entries

a punto de prep (on the point or verge of)
acerca de prep (concerning)
acerca de prep (concerned with, engaged in)
de prep (concerning)

Georgian

2 entries

გარშემო prep (on every side of)
ზე prep (concerning)

German

4 entries

etwa adv (nearly, approximately)
ungefähr adv (nearly, approximately)
bereit zu prep (on the point or verge of)
um... (herum) prep (on every side of)

Greek

4 entries

γύρω adv (on all sides)
γύρω adv (in circuit)
σχεδόν adv (nearly, approximately)
για prep (concerning)

Hebrew

4 entries

בערך adv (nearly, approximately)
מסביב adv (on all sides)
מסביב adv (in circuit)
אודות prep (concerning)

Hindi

4 entries

... के बारे में prep (concerned with, engaged in)
के नज़दीक prep (in the immediate neighborhood of)
के पास prep (in the immediate neighborhood of)
के बग़ल में prep (in the immediate neighborhood of)

Hungarian

3 entries

körülbelül adv (nearly, approximately)
ról prep (concerning)
ről prep (concerning)

Hunsrik

1 entries

ungefäer adv (nearly, approximately)

Icelandic

2 entries

næstum því adv (nearly, approximately)
um prep (concerning)

Ido

4 entries

cirkume adv (here and there)
cirkume adv (nearly, approximately)
cirkume adv (in circuit)
proxime adv (nearly, approximately)

Indonesian

4 entries

akan prep (on the point or verge of)
hampir prep (on the point or verge of)
mengenai prep (concerned with, engaged in)
sekeliling prep (on every side of)

Irish

4 entries

thart adv (on all sides)
thart adv (here and there)
ar tí prep (on the point or verge of)
i dtrátha prep (in the immediate neighborhood of)

Italian

4 entries

intorno adv (here and there)
attorno prep (on every side of)
intorno prep (on every side of)
riguardando prep (concerned with, engaged in)

Japanese

4 entries

およそ adv (nearly, approximately)
大略 adv (nearly, approximately)
約 adv (nearly, approximately)
…について prep (concerned with, engaged in)

Kazakh

4 entries

жайында prep (concerning)
жөнінде prep (concerning)
туралы prep (concerning)
турасында prep (concerning)

Khmer

4 entries

ប្រហែល adv (nearly, approximately)
ពី prep (concerning)
ពី prep (concerned with, engaged in)
អំពី prep (concerning)

Korean

4 entries

거꾸로 adv (to a reversed order, or opposite direction)
경 adv (nearly, approximately)
대략 adv (nearly, approximately)
둥글게 adv (in circuit)

Kyrgyz

4 entries

жөнүндө adv (on all sides)
жакын prep (on every side of)
жанында prep (on every side of)
жөнүндө prep (on every side of)

Lao

1 entries

ກ່ຽວກັບ prep (concerning)

Latin

4 entries

circiter adv (nearly, approximately)
de prep (concerning)
de prep (concerned with, engaged in)
futurus sum prep (on the point or verge of)

Latvian

4 entries

apmēram adv (nearly, approximately)
aptuveni adv (nearly, approximately)
apkārt prep (on every side of)
apkārt prep (over or upon different parts of)

Lithuanian

1 entries

apie prep (concerning)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries

wokoło prep (on every side of)
wó prep (concerning)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

iwwer prep (concerning)

Macedonian

4 entries

ваму-таму adv (here and there)
наоколу adv (on all sides)
о́братно adv (to a reversed order, or opposite direction)
околу adv (in circuit)

Malay

4 entries

berkaitan dengan prep (concerning)
berkenaan dengan prep (concerning)
darihal prep (concerning)
mengenai prep (concerning)

Malayalam

3 entries

ഏതാണ്ട് adv (nearly, approximately)
കുറിച്ച് prep (concerning)
പറ്റി prep (concerning)

Maltese

3 entries

dwar prep (concerning)
dwar prep (concerned with, engaged in)
madwar prep (on every side of)

Mòcheno

1 entries

um prep (on every side of)

Māori

3 entries

tata ki te .... prep (in the immediate neighborhood of)
āhua prep (in the immediate neighborhood of)
āwhiwhi ki te ... prep (in the immediate neighborhood of)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

uhusu prep (concerning)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries

dorî prep (on every side of)
dorî prep (over or upon different parts of)
dorî prep (in the immediate neighborhood of)
nêzî prep (concerned with, engaged in)

Northern Sami

2 entries

birra prep (on every side of)
birra prep (concerning)

Norwegian

4 entries

nesten adv (nearly, approximately)
rundt adv (on all sides)
rundt adv (in circuit)
angående prep (concerning)

Occitan

1 entries

subre prep (concerning)

Old English

4 entries

hūhwega adv (nearly, approximately)
nēah adv (nearly, approximately)
nēah adv (near; in the vicinity)
wiþersīnes adv (to a reversed order, or opposite direction)

Pennsylvania German

1 entries

deswegge, dewegge prep (concerned with, engaged in)

Persian

4 entries

در اطراف prep (in the immediate neighborhood of)
در مورد prep (concerning)
درباب prep (concerning)
دربارهٔ prep (concerning)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

onjefäa adv (nearly, approximately)

Polish

4 entries

dookoła adv (on all sides)
niemal adv (nearly, approximately)
około adv (nearly, approximately)
prawie adv (nearly, approximately)

Portuguese

4 entries

ao redor adv (on all sides)
ao redor adv (in circuit)
aproximadamente adv (nearly, approximately)
cerca de adv (nearly, approximately)

Romanian

3 entries

cam adv (nearly, approximately)
despre prep (concerning)
lângă prep (in the immediate neighborhood of)

Russian

4 entries

взад-вперёд adv (here and there)
вокру́г adv (on all sides)
о́коло adv (nearly, approximately)
обра́тно adv (to a reversed order, or opposite direction)

Scots

1 entries

aboot prep (on every side of)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

mu chuairt adv (on all sides)
mu chuairt adv (here and there)
mu chuairt adv (in circuit)
mun cuairt adv (on all sides)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

naokolo adv (here and there)
oko adv (nearly, approximately)
otprilike adv (nearly, approximately)
približno adv (nearly, approximately)

Slovak

4 entries

asi adv (nearly, approximately)
približne adv (nearly, approximately)
o prep (concerning)
okolo prep (on every side of)

Slovene

4 entries

o adv (to a reversed order, or opposite direction)
okoli adv (nearly, approximately)
okrog adv (on all sides)
približno adv (nearly, approximately)

Spanish

4 entries

alrededor adv (on all sides)
alrededor adv (here and there)
alrededor adv (in circuit)
alrededor de adv (nearly, approximately)

Swahili

3 entries

kadiri ya adv (nearly, approximately)
kuhusu prep (concerning)
kuhusu prep (concerned with, engaged in)

Swedish

4 entries

nästan adv (nearly, approximately)
runt adv (on all sides)
runt adv (here and there)
runt adv (in circuit)

Tagalog

1 entries

tungkol sa prep (concerning)

Tamil

4 entries

அங்கும் இங்கும் adv (here and there)
இங்கும் அங்கும் adv (here and there)
சுமார் adv (nearly, approximately)
சுற்றியும் adv (on all sides)

Thai

2 entries

เกี่ยวกับ prep (concerning)
เรื่อง prep (concerning)

Tibetan

2 entries

དབང་དུ་ཤོར་ན prep (concerning)
སྐོར prep (concerning)

Turkish

4 entries

yaklaşık adv (nearly, approximately)
etrafında prep (on every side of)
etrafında prep (over or upon different parts of)
hakkında prep (over or upon different parts of)

Ukrainian

4 entries

бли́зько adv (nearly, approximately)
ко́ло adv (nearly, approximately)
навколо adv (on all sides)
прибли́зно adv (nearly, approximately)

Urdu

4 entries

... کے بارے میں prep (concerned with, engaged in)
باب میں prep (concerning)
بابت prep (concerning)
بارے میں prep (concerning)

Uzbek

1 entries

haqida prep (concerning)

Vietnamese

4 entries

chừng adv (nearly, approximately)
cỡ adv (nearly, approximately)
khoảng adv (nearly, approximately)
độ adv (nearly, approximately)

Volapük

3 entries

za adv (nearly, approximately)
dö prep (concerning)
tefü prep (concerning)

Welsh

1 entries

am prep (concerning)

Yiddish

1 entries

וועגן prep (concerning)

Zulu

1 entries

nga prep (concerning)

Sample sentences

134 total sentences available.

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I suppose it's different when you think about it over the long term.

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Most people write about their daily life.

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I think I have a theory about that.

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You wanted to tell me about freedom?

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