I'm at a loss for words.
Source: tatoeba (1286)
At
/æt/
Synonyms for "at" (29 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (14)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: among, astatine, at sign, atomic number 85, be located at.
- Sentence evidence is available for at, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from derived_reverse, wordnet, opengloss.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "at".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "at"
Keep "at" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "at" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "at", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "at" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
Translations
215 translations across 79 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- në prep (in or very near a particular place)
- në prep (indicating time)
Arabic
4 entries- عند prep (in or very near a particular place)
- عِنْد prep (in or very near a particular place)
- عِنْد prep (in or very near a particular place)
- عِنْدَ prep (indicating time)
Belarusian
4 entries- каля́ prep (in or very near a particular place)
- пры prep (in or very near a particular place)
- у prep (in or very near a particular place)
- ў prep (in or very near a particular place)
Breton
2 entries- da prep (indicating time)
- e prep (in or very near a particular place)
Bulgarian
4 entries- в prep (indicating time)
- във prep (indicating time)
- до prep (in or very near a particular place)
- на prep (in or very near a particular place)
Burmese
4 entries- မှာ prep (in or very near a particular place)
- မှာ prep (indicating time)
- ၌ prep (in or very near a particular place)
- ၌ prep (indicating time)
Catalan
2 entries- a prep (in or very near a particular place)
- a prep (indicating time)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- لە prep (in or very near a particular place)
- لە prep (indicating time)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 喺 prep (in or very near a particular place)
- 在 prep (in or very near a particular place)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 在 prep (in or very near a particular place)
Cornish
1 entries- dhe prep (indicating time)
Czech
3 entries- při prep (in or very near a particular place)
- u prep (in or very near a particular place)
- v prep (indicating time)
Danish
2 entries- på prep (in or very near a particular place)
- på prep (indicating time)
Dutch
3 entries- bij prep (in or very near a particular place)
- om prep (indicating time)
- op prep (in or very near a particular place)
Esperanto
2 entries- je prep (indicating time)
- ĉe prep (in or very near a particular place)
Faroese
4 entries- hjá prep (in or very near a particular place)
- til prep (in or very near a particular place)
- á prep (in or very near a particular place)
- í prep (in or very near a particular place)
Finnish
4 entries- -lla prep (in or very near a particular place)
- -lta prep (indicating time)
- -ltä prep (indicating time)
- -na prep (indicating time)
French
3 entries- en prep (in or very near a particular place)
- à prep (in or very near a particular place)
- à prep (indicating time)
Galician
1 entries- en prep (in or very near a particular place)
German
4 entries- an prep (in or very near a particular place)
- auf prep (in or very near a particular place)
- bei prep (in or very near a particular place)
- in prep (in or very near a particular place)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌰𐍄 prep (in or very near a particular place)
- 𐌰𐍄 prep (indicating time)
Greek
4 entries- στα prep (in or very near a particular place)
- στα prep (indicating time)
- στη prep (in or very near a particular place)
- στη prep (indicating time)
Hebrew
1 entries- אֵצֶל prep (in or very near a particular place)
Hindi
3 entries- पर prep (in or very near a particular place)
- में prep (in or very near a particular place)
- से prep (in or very near a particular place)
Hungarian
4 entries- -en prep (in or very near a particular place)
- -kor prep (indicating time)
- -n prep (in or very near a particular place)
- -nál prep (in or very near a particular place)
Icelandic
4 entries- á prep (in or very near a particular place)
- á prep (indicating time)
- í prep (in or very near a particular place)
- í prep (indicating time)
Ido
1 entries- ye prep (in or very near a particular place)
Interlingua
3 entries- a prep (in or very near a particular place)
- a prep (indicating time)
- in prep (in or very near a particular place)
Irish
3 entries- ag prep (in or very near a particular place)
- ag prep (indicating time)
- ar prep (indicating time)
Italian
3 entries- a prep (in or very near a particular place)
- a prep (indicating time)
- in prep (in or very near a particular place)
Japanese
3 entries- ... に prep (in or very near a particular place)
- ...で prep (in or very near a particular place)
- ...に prep (indicating time)
Korean
3 entries- ...에 prep (in or very near a particular place)
- ...에 prep (indicating time)
- ...에서 prep (in or very near a particular place)
Lao
1 entries- ທີ່ prep (in or very near a particular place)
Latgalian
1 entries- pi prep (in or very near a particular place)
Latin
1 entries- in prep (in or very near a particular place)
Latvian
1 entries- pie prep (in or very near a particular place)
Lithuanian
3 entries- locative case prep (in or very near a particular place)
- pas prep (in or very near a particular place)
- prie prep (in or very near a particular place)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- pśi prep (in or very near a particular place)
- wu prep (in or very near a particular place)
Macedonian
4 entries- во prep (in or very near a particular place)
- во prep (indicating time)
- кај prep (in or very near a particular place)
- на prep (in or very near a particular place)
Malay
3 entries- dekat prep (in or very near a particular place)
- di prep (in or very near a particular place)
- pada prep (indicating time)
Maltese
1 entries- fi prep (indicating time)
Manchu
2 entries- ᡩᡝ prep (in or very near a particular place)
- ᡩᡝ prep (indicating time)
Mon
1 entries- ပ္ဍဲ prep (in or very near a particular place)
Mòcheno
1 entries- um prep (indicating time)
Māori
4 entries- a prep (in or very near a particular place)
- hei prep (in or very near a particular place)
- i prep (in or very near a particular place)
- kei prep (in or very near a particular place)
Navajo
2 entries- -di prep (in or very near a particular place)
- -gi prep (in or very near a particular place)
Neapolitan
1 entries- a prep (in or very near a particular place)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- li prep (in or very near a particular place)
- li prep (indicating time)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- på prep (in or very near a particular place)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- på prep (in or very near a particular place)
Occitan
2 entries- a prep (in or very near a particular place)
- en prep (in or very near a particular place)
Persian
1 entries- در prep (in or very near a particular place)
Polabian
2 entries- ai̯ prep (in or very near a particular place)
- au̯ prep (in or very near a particular place)
Polish
4 entries- o prep (indicating time)
- przy prep (in or very near a particular place)
- u prep (in or very near a particular place)
- w prep (in or very near a particular place)
Portuguese
3 entries- a prep (indicating time)
- em prep (in or very near a particular place)
- por prep (in or very near a particular place)
Rapa Nui
1 entries- i prep (in or very near a particular place)
Romani
1 entries- kaj prep (in or very near a particular place)
Romanian
2 entries- la prep (in or very near a particular place)
- la prep (indicating time)
Russian
4 entries- в prep (in or very near a particular place)
- в prep (indicating time)
- во́зле prep (in or very near a particular place)
- на prep (in or very near a particular place)
Sardinian
2 entries- a prep (in or very near a particular place)
- in prep (in or very near a particular place)
Slovak
4 entries- na prep (in or very near a particular place)
- o prep (indicating time)
- pri prep (in or very near a particular place)
- v prep (in or very near a particular place)
Slovene
4 entries- na prep (in or very near a particular place)
- ob prep (in or very near a particular place)
- ob prep (indicating time)
- pri prep (in or very near a particular place)
Spanish
3 entries- a prep (indicating time)
- ad prep (indicating time)
- en prep (in or very near a particular place)
Sundanese
1 entries- dina prep (in or very near a particular place)
Swahili
1 entries- karibu na prep (in or very near a particular place)
Swedish
3 entries- på prep (in or very near a particular place)
- vid prep (in or very near a particular place)
- vid prep (indicating time)
Tamil
3 entries- -இல் prep (in or very near a particular place)
- -இல் prep (indicating time)
- -கு prep (indicating time)
Telugu
1 entries- వద్ద prep (in or very near a particular place)
Thai
1 entries- ที่ prep (in or very near a particular place)
Tibetan
1 entries- ལ prep (in or very near a particular place)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- long prep (in or very near a particular place)
Turkish
2 entries- -da prep (in or very near a particular place)
- -de prep (in or very near a particular place)
Ukrainian
4 entries- біля́ prep (in or very near a particular place)
- в prep (in or very near a particular place)
- о prep (indicating time)
- при prep (in or very near a particular place)
Vietnamese
4 entries- lúc prep (in or very near a particular place)
- lúc prep (indicating time)
- vào prep (in or very near a particular place)
- ở prep (in or very near a particular place)
Volapük
2 entries- pö prep (in or very near a particular place)
- tü prep (indicating time)
Walloon
2 entries- a prep (in or very near a particular place)
- a prep (indicating time)
Welsh
4 entries- am prep (indicating time)
- ar prep (indicating time)
- ger prep (in or very near a particular place)
- mewn prep (in or very near a particular place)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- jeyou prep (in or very near a particular place)
Zealandic
3 entries- bie prep (in or very near a particular place)
- in prep (in or very near a particular place)
- nessens prep (in or very near a particular place)
Sample sentences
72 total sentences available.
For some reason I feel more alive at night.
Source: tatoeba (1332)
Back in high school, I got up at 6 a.m. every morning.
Source: tatoeba (1360)
That is somewhat explained at the end.
Source: tatoeba (1362)
Showing 4 of 72 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "at"?
Closest matches include among, astatine, at sign, atomic number 85, be located at.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "at"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.
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