Apropos

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Being at once opportune and to the point. See Synonyms at relevant.
  • ad. At an appropriate time; opportunely.
  • ad. By the way; incidentally: Apropos, where were you yesterday?
  • preposition. With regard to; concerning: Apropos our date for lunch, I can't go.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of an appropriate or pertinent nature.
  • adj. by the way, incidental.
  • preposition. Regarding or concerning.
  • ad. By the way.
  • ad. Timely; at a good time.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective-and-adverb. Opportunely or opportune; seasonably or seasonable.
  • adjective-and-adverb. By the way; to the purpose; suitably to the place or subject; -- a word used to introduce an incidental observation, suited to the occasion, though not strictly belonging to the narration.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • . To the purpose; opportunely; seasonably.
  • 2. With reference or regard; in respect: followed by of.
  • . With reference to that (a thing just mentioned); by the way: used absolutely, to introduce an incidental observation.
  • Opportune; seasonable; to the purpose; pertinent; happy: as, an apropos remark.
  • n. Pertinency.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of an appropriate or pertinent nature
  • ad. at an opportune time
  • ad. introducing a different topic; in point of fact
  • Equivalent
    apt    pertinent    apposite   
    Antonym
    malapropos   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    timely    appropriately   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Au    Beau    Bio    Bo    Bordeaux    Boudreaux    Bow    Cloe    Co    Cousteau