apropos[adjective]Synonyms: relevant, ad rem, applicable, applicative, applicatory, apposite, germane, material, pertinent, pointful
[preposition]Synonyms: about, against, anent, as for, as regards, as respects, as to, concerning, in re, in respect to, re, regarding, respecting, touching, toward, with respect to
Antonyms: malapropos
Contrasted words: clumsy, gauche, inappropriate, inept
Related Words: meet,
proper [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
ap‧ro‧pos /ˌæprəˈpəʊ, ˈæprəpoʊ $ -poʊ/
adverb formal[
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: French;
Origin: à propos 'to the purpose']
apropos of something used to introduce a new subject that is related to something just mentioned:
He had nothing to say apropos of the latest developments.apropos of nothing (=not relating to anything previously mentioned) Apropos of nothing, he suddenly asked me if I liked cats! [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲