Among and amongst

Among and amongst are prepositions.

Among means ‘in the middle or included in a larger group of people or things’. Among is commonly followed by a plural noun phrase:

• I’m not worried about her. She’s living among friends.
• I think I’ve got that album among my boxes of CDs upstairs.

Amongst is sometimes used as an alternative to among. It is more formal and less common:

• The results show that both girls are amongst the top 10% of students in the whole school.

See also

• Between or among?