Preposition Do you take your coffee with or without sugar? Don't leave home without your wallet. Without water, there would be no life on Earth. I can't imagine life without a car. It happened …

The preposition without means ‘not having something’ or ‘lacking something’: … He came out without a coat. He looks younger without the moustache. Thanks for your help – I couldn’t have done it without …

WITHOUT definition: with the absence, omission, or avoidance of; not with; with no or none of; lacking. See examples of without used in a sentence.

Dec 19, 2025 · without (not comparable) (archaic or literary) Outside, externally. quotations

Define without. without synonyms, without pronunciation, without translation, English dictionary definition of without. adv. 1. On the outside: a sturdy structure within and without.

outside of: both within and without the house or the city. beyond the compass, limits, range, or scope of (now used chiefly in opposition to within): whether within or without the law.

You use without to indicate that someone or something does not have or use the thing mentioned. I don't like myself without a beard. She wore a brown shirt pressed without a wrinkle.

Lacking; destitute of; exempt or free from; unconnected with; independent of: noting loss, absence, negation, privation, etc.: as, to be without money; to do without sleep; without possibility of error; …

Not with; lacking; not accompanied by. A shirt without buttons, lonely without her.

WITHOUT meaning: 1 : not having or including (something); 2 : used to say that someone is not with or is not involved with another person or group