Thesaurus:about

Thesaurus

about

English

Preposition

Sense: on the subject of, relating to

Synonyms

• about
• anent (archaic)
• apropos
• as for
• as regards
• as respects
• as to
• concerned with
• connected with
• concerning
• dealing with
• in reference to
• in relation to
• in respect of
• in terms of
• on
• re
• referring to
• regarding
• relating to
• relative to
• respecting
• with regard to
• with respect to
• WRT
• touching (archaic)

Antonyms

• by the by
• by the way
• irrespective of
• malapropos
• in passing
• regardless of

Further reading

• “9. relation” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “about” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
• Topic and comment (theme and rheme) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia