Apropos

Quick meaning: Apropos is an adjective meaning Of an appropriate or pertinent nature.

Meaning

Of an appropriate or pertinent nature.

More Meanings

1. By the way, incidental.
2. Regarding, concerning, in regard to, on the subject of.
3. By the way.
4. Timely; at a good time.
5. To the purpose; appropriately.
6. (obsolete) Fittingness, pertinence.

Example Sentences

Served outside the shell and sliced in bite-sized pieces, it's as apropos for a first date as a business dinner.

Nothing easier. I received not long ago a map from my friend, Augustus Petermann, at Leipzig. Nothing could be more apropos.

A particularly apropos line many will remember from this film was the closing shot of a Times editorial reading "Is There No Sense of Decency?"

"Go on, Uncle Max," said Nora pleasantly. "I like to watch your exceptional mind at work. Apropos the disappearance of Geoffrey, and that big old lonely house, you were saying—?"

Synonyms for apropos

Depending on context, synonyms include incidentally, incidental, about, pertinent, appropriate, apposite.

Antonyms for apropos

Common opposites include malapropos.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include apposite, pertinent, appropriate, apt, seasonably, well-timed.

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