PREPOSITION

Nouns Followed by Preposition ‘of’

Abhorrence of
Assurance of
Charge of
Distrust of
Doubt of
Experience of
Failure of
Observance of
Proof of
Result of
Want of
Adjectives Followed by Preposition ‘of’
Accused of
Acquitted of
Afraid of
Apprehensive of
Apprised of
Assured of
Aware of
Bereft of
Bought of
Cautious of
Certain of
Characteristic of
Composed of
Confident of
Conscious of
Convinced of
Covetous of
Defrauded of
Deprived of
Desirous of
Devoid of
Diffident of
Distrustful of
Dull of
Easy of
Envious of
Fearful of
Fond of
Greedy of
Guilty of
Heedless of
Ignorant of
Informed of
Innocent of
Irrespective of
Lame of
Lavish of
Negligent of
Productive of
Proud of
Regardless of
Sanguine of
Sensible of
Sick of
Slow of
Subversive of
Sure of
Suspicious of
Tolerant of
Vain of
Void of
Weary of
Worthy of
Beware of
Verbs Followed by Preposition ‘of’
Acquit of
Beware of
Boats of
Complain of
Despair of
Die of
Disapprove of
Dispose of
Divest of
Dream of
Heal of
Judge of
Repent of
Taste of
Nouns Followed by Preposition ‘for’
Affection for
Ambition for
Anxity for
Apology for
Appetite for
Aptitude for
Blame for
Candidate for
Capacity for
Compassion for
Compensation for
Contempt for
Craving for
Desire for
Esteem for
Fitness for
Fondness for
Guarantee for
Leisure for
Liking for
Match for
Motive for
Need for
Opportunity for
Partiality for
Passion for
Pity for
Predilection for
Pretext for
Relish for
Remorse for
Reputation for
Adjectives Followed by Preposition ‘for’
Anxious for
Celebrated for
Conspicuous for
Customary for
Designed for
Destined for
Eager for
Eligible for
Eminent for
Fit for
Good for
Grateful for
Notorious for
Penitent for
Prepared for
Proper for
Qualified for
Ready for
Sorry for
Sufficient for
Useful for
Zealous for
Verbs Followed by Preposition ‘for’
Atone for
Canvass for
Care for
Clamour for
Feel for
Hope for
Mourn for
Pine for
Start for
Stipulate for
Sue for
Wish for
Yearn for
Verbs Followed by Preposition ‘on’
Comment on
Decide on
Deliberate on
Depend on
Determine on
Dwell on
Embark on
Encroach on
Enlarge on
Impose on
Insist on
Intrude on
Resolve on
Subsist on
Trample on
Nouns Followed by Preposition ‘to’
Access to
Accession to
Allegiance to
Alternative to
Antidote to
Antipathy to
Approach to
Assent to
Attachment to
Attention to
Concession to
Disgrace to
Dislike to
Encouragement to
Enmity to
Exception to
Incentive to
Indifference to
Invitation to
Key to
Liniency to
Likeness to
Limit to
Menace to
Obedience to
Objection to
Obstruction to
Opposition to
Postscript to
Preface to
Reference to
Repugnance to
Resemblance to
Sequel to
Submission to
Supplement to
Temptation to
Traitor to
Adjectives Followed by Preposition ‘to’
Abhorrent to
Acceptable to
Accessible to
Impertinent to
Incidental to
Inclined to
Indebted to
Indifferent to
Indispensable to
Indulgent to
Inimical to
Insensible to
Injured to
Irrelevant to
Favourable to
Hurtful to
Immaterial to
Impervious to
Indigenous to
Liable to
Limited to
Lost to
Loyal to
Material to
Natural to
Necessary to
Obedient to
Obliged to
Offensive to
Opposite to
Painful to
Partial to
Peculiar to
Pertinent to
Pledged to
Preferable to
Prejudical to
Profitable to
Prior to
Prone to
Reduced to
Related to
Relevant to
Repugnant to
Responsible to
Restricted to
Sacred to
Sensitive to
Serviceable to
Subject to
Suitable to
Suited to
Supplementary to
Tantamount to
True to
Verbs Followed by Preposition ‘to’
Accede to
Adapt to
Adhere to
Allot to
Allude to
Appologize to
Appoint to
Ascribe to
Aspire to
Assent to
Attain to
Attend to
Attribute to
Belong to
Conduce to
Conform to
Consent to
Contribute to
Lead to
Listen to
Object to
Occur to
Prefer to
Pretend to
Refer to
Revert to
Stoop to
Succumb to
Surrender to
Testify to
Yield to
Adjectives Followed by Preposition ‘in’
Absorbed in
Abstemious in
Accomplished in
Accurate in
Assidous in
Backward in
Bigoted in
Correct in
Defective in
Deficient in
Experienced in
Deligent in
Enveloped in
Fertile in
Foiled in
Honest in
Implicated in
Interested in
Involved in
Lax in
Proficnet in
Remiss in
Temperate in
Versed in
Verbs Followed by Preposition ‘in’
Involve in
Persist in
Acquiesce in
Dabble in
Delight in
Employ in
Enlist in
Excel in
Fall in
Glory in
Increase in
Indulge in
Persevere in
Nouns Followed by Preposition ‘with’
Acquaintance with
Alliance with
Bargain with
Compromise with
Conformity with
Enmity with
Intercourse with
Intimacy with
Relations with
Adjectives Followed by Preposition ‘with’
Acquainted with
Afflicted with
Beset with
Busy with
Compatible with
Compliant with
Consistent with
Contemporary with
Contended with
Contrasted with
Conversant with
Convulsed with
Delighted with
Deluged with
Disgusted with
Drenched with
Endowed with
Fatigued with
Fired with
Gifted with
Infaturated with
Infected with
Infested with
Inspired with
Invested with
Overcome with
Popular with
Replete with
Satiated with
Satisfied with
Touched with
Verbs Followed By Preposition ‘with’
Associate with
Bear with
Clash with
Coincinde with
Comply with
Condone with
Condole with
Cope with
Correspond with
Credit with
Deluge with
Disagree with
Dispense with
Fill with
Grapple with
Expostulate with
Intrigue with
Meddle with
Part with
Quarrel with
Remonstrate with
Side with
Sympathisize with
Vie with
Trifle with
Verbs Followed By Preposition ‘from’
Abstrain from
Alight from
Cease from
Debar from
Derogate from
Desist from
Detract from
Deviate from
Differ from
Digress from
Dissent from
Elicit from
Emerge from
Escape from
Exclude from
Preserve from
Prevent from
Prohibit from
Protect from
Recoil from
Recover from
Refrain from
Nouns Followed By Preposition ‘from’
Respite from
Inference from
Abstinence from
Cessation from
Deliverance from
Descent from
Digression from
Escape from
Exemption from
We now present a list of some Nouns and Appropriate Prepositions.
A LIST OF NOUNS & APPROPRIATE
PREPOSITIONS
1. Abstinence from wine.
2. Ability for or in some work.
3. Abundance of wealth.
4. Accession to the throne.
5. Access to a person or place.
6. Accomplice with a person in a crime.
7. Accusation of forgery.
8. In accordance with some rule.
9.​ Affinity with something.
10. Adherence to a rule.
11. Affection for somebody.
12.​ Affinity between two things.
13. Alliance with a person or state.
14. Allusion to something.
15. Alternative to a method/something.
16. Analogy of one thing with another.
17. Analogy between things.
18. Animosity against somebody.
19. Antidote against infection.
20. Antidote to some poison.
21. Apprehension of danger.
22. Approach to (step towards) anything.
23. Arrival in a country.
24. Arrival at a place.
25. Assault on a person or thing.
26. Attack (vt+) somebody.
27. Attack (n/c) on a country.
28. Attraction to or towards a thing.
29. Authority over a person.
30. Authority on a subject
31. Aversion to a person or thing
32. Candidate for a post.
33. Care for somebody’s safety.
34. Care for his health.
35. Charge of murder.
36. Charge with theft.
37. Claim on or against somebody.
38. Claim to property.
39. Compact with a person.
40. Comment on something.
41. Comparison of somebody with somebody.
42. By/in comparison with.
43. Compassion for somebody.
44. Competition with somebody.
45. Competition for something.
46. Complicity in a crime.
47. Compliance with a request.
48. Condemnation to death.
49.​ Confidence in somebody.
50. Conformity with anyone’s views.
51. Conformity to rule.
52. Compensation for a loss.
53. Connection with a person or thing.
54. Connivance at anyone’s fault.
55. Consciousness of guilt.
56. Consideration for somebody.
57. Contact with somebody/something.
58. Contempt for a person or thing.
59. A contrast with a person.
60. A contrast to a person or thing.
61. Controversy on or about something.
62. Contribution to a fund.
63. Contribution towards some project.
64. Conversation with somebody.
65. Decision on some case.
66. Decision of some dispute.
67. Decline of an empire.
68. Decline in moral/price.
69. Degradation from rank.
70. Delight in music / in something.
71. Descent from ancestors.
72. Desire for wealth.
73. Desirous (Adj.) of something.
74. Disgust at meanness.
75. Dislike to a person or thing.
76. Distaste for mathematics/something.
77. Doubt of or about a thing.
78. Duty to a person.
79. Encroachment on /upon one’s rights.
80. Engagement with somebody.
81. Entrance into a place.
82. Enmity with somebody.
83. Esteem for somebody.
84.​ Exception to a rule.
85.​ (Make) an exception of somebody or something.
86.​ Excuse for a mistake.
87. Failure of electricity.
88. Failure of somebody in something.
89. Faith in somebody or something.
90. Familiarity with a person or thing.
91. Freedom from care.
92. Freedom of action.
93. Glance at a person or thing.
94. Glance over a wide surface.
95. Gratitude for a thing.
96. Gratitude to a person.
97. Grief at an event.
98. Grief for a person.
99. Guess at the truth /something.
100. Harmony with anything.
101. Hatred of or for somebody.
102. Hatred of a thing.
103. Heir to some property.
104. Heir of somebody.
105. Hindrance to something.
106. Hint at some reward.
107. Hope for better a luck.
108. Hostility to a person or cause.
109. Identity with somebody/something.
110. Immersion into water.
111. Implication in this crime.
112. Implication on someone.
113. Imputation against somebody.
114. Incentive to a worker.
115. Inclination for sport/something.
116. Indifference to help others.
117. Indulgence to a beautiful woman.
118.​ Influence over or with somebody.
119.​ Influence on decision of wife.
120. Inquiry into circumstances/a case.
121. Insight into something somebody’s character.
122. Intercession with a superior.
123. Intercession for a friend.
124. Jurisdiction in a lawsuit.
125.​ Justification of or for crime.
126. Key to understanding of the problem.
127. Liability to an illness.
128. Libel against his character.
129. Liking for non-vegetarian /something.
130.​ Longing for luxury / something.
131. Lust for life / something.
132. Malice against an enemy.
133. Neglect of duty.
134. Neglect of doing a thing.
135. Nomination of a member.
136. Nomination to a position.
137. Opportunity for going abroad / doing something.
138. Partnership in a thing.
139. Power over a person.
140. Precaution against infection.
141. Preface to a book.
142. Preference for something.
143.​ Preparation for examination/something.
144. Proof against somebody.
145. Proof of guilt.
146.​ Qualification for a post.
147. Quarrel with somebody/something.
148. Readiness in responding.
149. Readiness for journey.
150. Reference to a person or thing.
151. In regard to that matter.
152. Regard for a person.
153. Relation between two things.
154. Relation with somebody.
155. Remonstrance against somebody’s conduct.
156. Remonstrance with somebody.
157. Reply to a query / a person.
158. Request for a thing.
159. Resemblance to a person or thing.
160. In respect of some quality.
161. Rivalry with a person.
162. Rival in something.
163. Search for a after wealth.
164. In search of wealth /a job etc.
165. Share in the property /something.
166. Share with somebody.
167. Sin against God./ mankind/humanity.
168. Sympathy with or for somebody.
169. Temptation to evil.
170. Temptation in diet.
171. Trespass against the law.
172. Warrant for somebody’s arrest.
173. With a view to.
174. Witness of or to a case.
175. Wonder at his behaviour/something.
SOME VERBS & APPROPRIATE PREPOSITIONS
1. Abound in or with something.
2. Accrue to somebody.
3. Accure from something.
4. Accuse somebody of cheft.
5. Acquit a person of all charges/all complicity.
6. Acquit a person in a crime.
7. Adapt to new surroundings.
8. Adhere to a plan / a rule / a principle.
9. Agree to a proposal.
10. Agree with a person.
11. Agree on some matter.
12. Aim at a target.
13. Aim at doing something.
14. Alight from a bus/a train etc.
15. Allude to a fact.
16. Answer to a description.
17. Answer for misconduct/something.
18. Apologise to somebody.
19. Apologise for something.
20. Appeal to the judge/something.
21. Appeal against a sentence.
22. Appeal for mercy/something.
23. Apply to a person.
24. Apply for some post/something.
25. Appoint to a post.
26. Argue with a person for or against a point.
27. Arrive at a conclusion.
28. Arrive at a station/a place.
29. Arrive in a country.
30. sk for assistance.
31. Ask of or from somebody.
32. Associate with a group.
33. Blame a person for something.
34. Blush at one’s own mistake.
35. Blush for somebody who is at fault.
36. Border on a place.
37. Borrow of or from a friend/somebody.
38. Break the news of somebody’s death.
39. Break through restraint.
40. Break ill news to a friend/to somebody.
41. Break (dissolve partnership) with somebody.
42. Bring a thing to light.
43. Bring a thing under notice.
44. Burst upon (sudenly invade) a country.
45. Burst into laughter.
46. Burst into tears.
47. Call on a person.
48. Call for (demand, require) something.
49. Call something in (order or request the return of).
50. Canvass for (support) votes.
51. Care for (attach value to) to a person or thing.
52.​ Care about (feel interest, anxiety or sorrow) something.
53.​ Challenge a man to combat /fight.
54. Charge a man with a crime.
55. Charge payment to a person.
56. Coincide with one’s opinion.
57. Come about (happen).
58. Come across (to meet suddenly).
59. Come after somebody (follow).
60. Come into fashion.
61. Come by something (obtain by effort).
62. Come of a rich family.
63. Commence with a thing.
64. Communicate a thing to somebody.
65. Communicate with somebody.
66. Compare somebody with somebody.
67. Compare something with something (similar).
68. Compare to (dissimilar things).
69. Compensate for loss.
70. Compete with somebody for a prize/something.
71. Complain to somebody.
72. Complain against somebody.
73. Complain of/about something.
74. Conceal facts from somebody.
75. Concede to some demand.
76. Concur with a person.
77. Concur in an opinion.
78. Condemn a person to death.
79. Conform to a norm.
80. Conform with one’s opinion.
81. Congratulate somebody on his success.
82. Consult with (discuss with) one’s friends.
83. Consult a person/a lawyer/a map/a dictionary (take advice, get information etc.)
84. Contribute to a fund.
85. Converse with a person about a thing.
86. Cope with situation.
87. Correspond with a person (write).
88. Correspond to something (agree).
89. Cure a man of a disease.
90. Cure (n/u) for a disease.