I can't live that kind of life.
Source: tatoeba (1315)
Of
/ɒv/
Synonyms for "of" (44 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (13)
concerningin connection within point ofin rein reference toin regard toin relation toin relation within respect to
Preposition(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (22)
Noun(6 words)
linguagem de programaçãolágrima de tristezamodificação de códigomolécula de ácido cítricoprocesso di trasformazioneworks of fiction
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
spanish dialect of mexico
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: -'s, about, anent, apropos of, as for.
- Sentence evidence is available for of, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from derived_reverse, moby.
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 "of".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "of"
Keep "of" 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 "of" 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 "of", 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 "of" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Translations
332 translations across 92 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- van prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- van prep (objective genitive: connecting action noun with object)
Arabic
4 entries- إلـ prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- إلـ prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- بتاع prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- تاع prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Aramaic
1 entries- דְּ prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Armenian
1 entries- մասին prep (introducing topic or subject matter)
Assamese
1 entries- ...ৰ prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Belizean Creole
1 entries- a prep (containing, comprising or made from)
Bislama
1 entries- blong prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Bulgarian
3 entries- за prep (introducing topic or subject matter)
- на prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- от prep (containing, comprising or made from)
Burmese
1 entries- ရဲ့ prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Catalan
4 entries- de prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- de prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- de prep (introducing topic or subject matter)
- de prep (connecting numeral or quantifier with quantified)
Cebuano
1 entries- sa prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Chadian Arabic
1 entries- هنا prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Chinese
2 entries- ...個 /...个 prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- ди prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- ...嘅 prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- 個 /个 prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- ...之 prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- ...的 prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- ...的 prep (subjective genitive: connecting action noun with subject)
- 的 prep (containing, comprising or made from)
Cimbrian
1 entries- vo prep (objective genitive: connecting action noun with object)
Cornish
2 entries- a prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- a prep (connecting numeral or quantifier with quantified)
Czech
3 entries- z prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- z prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- ze prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Danish
2 entries- af prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- i prep ((to tell the time) before, to, e.g. a quarter of three (2:45))
Dutch
4 entries- aan prep (introducing topic or subject matter)
- over prep (introducing topic or subject matter)
- van prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- van prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- ...其 prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Egyptian
2 entries- n prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- n prep (objective genitive: connecting action noun with object)
Esperanto
4 entries- antaŭ prep ((to tell the time) before, to, e.g. a quarter of three (2:45))
- da prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- de prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- de prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Estonian
4 entries- -aastane prep (indicative of age)
- -kuune prep (indicative of age)
- -nädalane prep (indicative of age)
- -päevane prep (indicative of age)
Finnish
4 entries- -kuinen prep (indicative of age)
- -päiväinen prep (indicative of age)
- -viikkoinen prep (indicative of age)
- -vuotias prep (indicative of age)
French
4 entries- de prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- de prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- de prep (introducing topic or subject matter)
- de prep (connecting numeral or quantifier with quantified)
Friulian
1 entries- di prep (containing, comprising or made from)
Galician
1 entries- de prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
German
4 entries- aus prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- der prep (connecting numeral or quantifier with quantified)
- von prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- von prep (introducing topic or subject matter)
Greek
2 entries- από prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- παρά prep ((to tell the time) before, to, e.g. a quarter of three (2:45))
Hebrew
4 entries- בן prep (indicative of age)
- ל־ prep ((to tell the time) before, to, e.g. a quarter of three (2:45))
- מ־ prep (connecting numeral or quantifier with quantified)
- שֶׁל prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Higaonon
1 entries- sa prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Hindi
2 entries- -ए- prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- ... का prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Ido
4 entries- de prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- di prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- di prep (objective genitive: connecting action noun with object)
- ek prep (containing, comprising or made from)
Indonesian
2 entries- Andi’s house prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- rumah Andi prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Interlingua
4 entries- a prep (objective genitive: connecting action noun with object)
- ante prep ((to tell the time) before, to, e.g. a quarter of three (2:45))
- de prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- de prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Irish
2 entries- de prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- de prep (connecting numeral or quantifier with quantified)
Italian
4 entries- di prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- di prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- di prep (introducing topic or subject matter)
- di prep (objective genitive: connecting action noun with object)
Japanese
4 entries- ...の prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- ...の prep (connecting numeral or quantifier with quantified)
- ...の prep (objective genitive: connecting action noun with object)
- の prep (containing, comprising or made from)
Kapampangan
4 entries- a prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- a prep (objective genitive: connecting action noun with object)
- a prep ((to tell the time) before, to, e.g. a quarter of three (2:45))
- dang prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Kazakh
4 entries- -ға/ге <ширек prep ((to tell the time) before, to, e.g. a quarter of three (2:45))
- жөнінде prep (introducing topic or subject matter)
- он минут ж.б.с.> қалды/бар prep ((to tell the time) before, to, e.g. a quarter of three (2:45))
- туралы prep (introducing topic or subject matter)
Khmer
4 entries- ដល់ prep ((to tell the time) before, to, e.g. a quarter of three (2:45))
- នៃ prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- នៃ prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- របស់ prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Kongo
1 entries- ya prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Korean
4 entries- ...의 prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- ...의 prep (connecting numeral or quantifier with quantified)
- ...의 prep (objective genitive: connecting action noun with object)
- 전 prep ((to tell the time) before, to, e.g. a quarter of three (2:45))
Ladin
1 entries- de prep (containing, comprising or made from)
Ladino
1 entries- de prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Lao
1 entries- ຂອງ prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Latin
4 entries- dē prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- dē prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- dē prep (introducing topic or subject matter)
- dē prep (connecting numeral or quantifier with quantified)
Lingala
1 entries- ya prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Literary Chinese
1 entries- 之 prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Macedonian
1 entries- на prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Maltese
4 entries- tad- prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- tal- prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- tan- prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- tar- prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡳ prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Mirandese
2 entries- de prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- de prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Mpade
3 entries- i prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- sɨ prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- ɨl prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Māori
2 entries- a prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- o prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Neapolitan
1 entries- 'e prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- -s prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- av prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- av prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- av prep (connecting numeral or quantifier with quantified)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- -s prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- av prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- av prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- av prep (connecting numeral or quantifier with quantified)
Occitan
2 entries- de prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- de prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Pashto
4 entries- د prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- د prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- د prep (connecting numeral or quantifier with quantified)
- د prep (indicative of age)
Polish
4 entries- na temat prep (introducing topic or subject matter)
- o prep (introducing topic or subject matter)
- z prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- z prep (connecting numeral or quantifier with quantified)
Portuguese
4 entries- a respeito de prep (introducing topic or subject matter)
- de prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- de prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- de prep (introducing topic or subject matter)
Rapa Nui
2 entries- a prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- o prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Romanian
2 entries- de prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- de prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Romansch
4 entries- da prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- da prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- da prep (introducing topic or subject matter)
- da prep (objective genitive: connecting action noun with object)
Russian
4 entries- -ев prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- -ин prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- -ов prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- -ын prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Scots
3 entries- o prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- o prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- o prep (connecting numeral or quantifier with quantified)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- de prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- od prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Slovak
3 entries- -in prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- -ov prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- z prep (containing, comprising or made from)
Slovene
1 entries- z dne prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Spanish
4 entries- acerca de prep (introducing topic or subject matter)
- de prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- de prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- de prep (introducing topic or subject matter)
Swahili
2 entries- -a prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- -a prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Swedish
4 entries- -s prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- -s prep (connecting numeral or quantifier with quantified)
- -s prep (objective genitive: connecting action noun with object)
- av prep (containing, comprising or made from)
Sylheti
1 entries- ...ꠞ prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Tagalog
2 entries- ng prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- ni prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Tamil
4 entries- -ஆல் ஆன prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- -இன் prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- -இன் prep (subjective genitive: connecting action noun with subject)
- -உடைய prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Tatar
2 entries- турында prep (introducing topic or subject matter)
- хакында prep (introducing topic or subject matter)
Thai
1 entries- ของ prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Tibetan
1 entries- གི prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Tok Pisin
4 entries- bilong prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- bilong prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- bilong prep (objective genitive: connecting action noun with object)
- pela prep (connecting numeral or quantifier with quantified)
Tunisian Arabic
1 entries- مْتاع prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Turkish
4 entries- -in prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- -un prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- -ün prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- -ın prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Ukrainian
4 entries- до prep ((to tell the time) before, to, e.g. a quarter of three (2:45))
- з prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- з prep (connecting numeral or quantifier with quantified)
- про prep (introducing topic or subject matter)
Urdu
2 entries- ... کا prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- izāfa prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Venetan
4 entries- de prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- de prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- de prep (introducing topic or subject matter)
- de prep (indicative of age)
Vietnamese
4 entries- bằng prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- có prep (indicative of age)
- của prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
- về prep (introducing topic or subject matter)
Volapük
2 entries- de prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- dö prep (introducing topic or subject matter)
West-Frisian
1 entries- fan prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Yiddish
2 entries- פֿון prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- פֿון prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Zazaki
3 entries- ya (diq) prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- yê prep (containing, comprising or made from)
- yê prep (possessive genitive: belonging to)
Sample sentences
142 total sentences available.
Every person who is alone is alone because they are afraid of others.
Source: tatoeba (1367)
I don't want to lose my ideas, even though some of them are a bit extreme.
Source: tatoeba (1377)
If anyone was to ask what the point of the story is, I really don't know.
Source: tatoeba (1382)
Showing 4 of 142 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "of"?
Closest matches include -'s, about, anent, apropos of, as for.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "of"?
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