Synonyms of circa

circa

preposition

as in around

formal not far from (something) in time

He was born circa 1600.

Related Words

• around
• about
• near
• alongside
• beside
• at
• by
• nigh
• along
• across
• toward
• next to

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of circa

The first commercially viable lithium battery, circa 1985, had the capability to store more than twice as much energy per pound as did previous chemistry. — Mark P. Mills, National Review, 5 Mar. 2020

Cuckoo clock, circa 1950 Q. My grandmother gave me this clock more than 30 years ago. — oregonlive, 1 Feb. 2020

Compare this to the reality of what was going on for Anne circa the early 1970s. — Emma Dibdin, Town & Country, 15 Dec. 2019

The curator of the Pompidou exhibition, Didier Ottinger, has situated the paintings of Bacon in the context of a Reader’s Digest assortment of texts, a general-interest, user-friendly survey of Big Thoughts 101, circa 1985. — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019