Antonyms for concern
kənˈsɜrncon·cern

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. concernverb

   To be of importance to.

   Synonyms:
   interest

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.7 / 3 votes

1. concern

   Anxiety is, according to its derivation, a choking disquiet, akin to anguish; anxiety is mental; anguish may be mental or physical; anguish is in regard to the known, anxiety in regard to the unknown; anguish is because of what has happened, anxiety because of what may happen. Anxiety refers to some future event, always suggesting hopeful possibility, and thus differing from apprehension, fear, dread, foreboding, terror, all of which may be quite despairing. In matters within our reach, anxiety always stirs the question whether something can not be done, and is thus a valuable spur to doing; in this respect it is allied to care. Foreboding, dread, etc., commonly incapacitate for all helpful thought or endeavor. Worry is a more petty, restless, and manifest anxiety; anxiety may be quiet and silent; worry is communicated to all around. Solicitude is a milder anxiety. Fretting or fretfulness is a weak complaining without thought of accomplishing or changing anything, but merely as a relief to one's own disquiet. Perplexity often involves anxiety, but may be quite free from it. A student may be perplexed regarding a translation, yet, if he has time enough, not at all anxious regarding it.

   Antonyms:
   apathy, assurance, calmness, carelessness, confidence, ease, light-heartedness, nonchalance, satisfaction, tranquillity

   Synonyms:
   anguish, anxiety, apprehension, care, disquiet, disturbance, dread, fear, foreboding, fretfulness, fretting, misgiving, perplexity, solicitude, trouble, worry

   Preposition:
   Anxiety for a friend's return; anxiety about, in regard to, or concerning the future.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. concern

   Antonyms:
   indifference, disregard, carelessness, congratulation, chuckling

   Synonyms:
   interest, regard, anxiety, matter, affair, institution, solicitude, moment, regret, sympathy, sorrow

Matched Categories

1. • Anxiety
   • Interest
   • Sympathy

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.6 / 11 votes

1. concernnoun

   something that interests you because it is important or affects you

   "the safety of the ship is the captain's concern"

   Antonyms:
   unconcern

   Synonyms:
   fear, business organisation, worry, care, business, business organization, business concern, headache, vexation

2. concern, care, fearnoun

   an anxious feeling

   "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"

   Antonyms:
   unconcern

   Synonyms:
   headache, business concern, fright, business organisation, aid, worry, tending, fearfulness, upkeep, business organization, veneration, precaution, forethought, caution, awe, reverence, care, charge, tutelage, guardianship, business, vexation, maintenance, attention, fear

3. concernnoun

   a feeling of sympathy for someone or something

   "She felt strong concern for those less fortunate"

   Antonyms:
   unconcern

   Synonyms:
   fear, business organisation, worry, care, business, business organization, business concern, headache, vexation

4. concern, worry, headache, vexationnoun

   something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness

   "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry"

   Antonyms:
   unconcern

   Synonyms:
   headache, business concern, annoying, cephalalgia, business organisation, botheration, trouble, business organization, worry, chafe, head ache, care, irritation, business, vexation, annoyance, fear

5. business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisationverb

   a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it

   "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern"

   Antonyms:
   unconcern

   Synonyms:
   headache, business concern, business sector, business organisation, business organization, line of work, business enterprise, worry, job, byplay, care, stage business, commercial enterprise, line, patronage, occupation, business, vexation, clientele, fear

6. refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe withverb

   be relevant to

   "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"

   Antonyms:
   unconcern

   Synonyms:
   adjoin, touch, resuscitate, equal, associate, doctor, have-to doe with, cite, rival, hit, consult, fix, pertain, appertain, continue, impact, mend, worry, link, refer, strike, meet, reach, repair, connect, bushel, stir, bring up, uphold, tinge, look up, affect, occupy, restore, name, relate, touch on, interrelate, preserve, tinct, bear on, partake, allude, bear upon, mention, colligate, contact, match, tie in, come to, advert, push, furbish up, denote, carry on, revive, extend to, interest, disturb, link up, tint

7. concern, interest, occupy, worryverb

   be on the mind of

   "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift"

   Antonyms:
   unconcern

   Synonyms:
   lodge in, invade, occupy, touch, engross, care, use up, matter to, have-to doe with, worry, touch on, absorb, engage, busy, fill, come to, relate, refer, reside, interest, take, pertain, bear on, vex

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1. concernnoun

   Antonyms:
   unconcern, inconsequence

   Synonyms:
   business, affair, moment, importance, interest, weight, consequence, solicitude, anxiety, uneasiness care, firm, house, company, partnership

How to use concern in a sentence?

1. Amy Jacobson:

   My concern as a protective mother was that kids were going to ask her questions about her family, and she wouldn't know what to say, and there were no tools to help her. It became clear to me there needed to be resources.

2. Jason Straziuso:

   We will continue to meet with the girls and monitor their health, our concern for the girls' well-being will continue in the coming months.

3. Gaetan Pellerin:

   If I prepare with me and only me in mind, I will have a hard time being successful. I need to spend time focusing on the other party. What could be a win or a pain point or a concern for them ?

4. Mayor Danese Sorace:

   Like you, when I saw the video I was upset by it and it is of great concern to me. We take the use of force very seriously.

5. Ben Carson:

   It seems to be a topic -- a person's sexual orientation -- that is of fair amount of concern to you. I don't find it to be anywhere near as interesting, i think it's a personal issue and we ought to leave it as a personal issue.

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