Synonyms for Concrete
ˈkɒn krit, ˈkɒŋ-, kɒnˈkrit, kɒŋ-con·crete

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1. concreteadjective

   To cover with or encase in concrete; often constructed as concrete over.

   I hate grass, so I concreted over my lawn.

   Synonyms:
   tangible

   Antonyms:
   intangible

2. concreteadjective

   Not abstract.

   Once arrested, I realized that handcuffs are concrete, even if my concept of what is legal wasn’t.

   Synonyms:
   tangible

   Antonyms:
   intangible, abstract

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1. concrete

   Synonyms:
   firm, compact, consolidated, indurated, embodied, particularized

   Antonyms:
   loose, sloppy, luteous, shifting, boggy, swampy, yielding, unresisting, abstract, generalize

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1. concreteadjective

   a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water

   Antonyms:
   liquid, ideological, ideational, conceptional, conceptual, notional, ideologic, gaseous, ideal, abstract

2. concreteadjective

   capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary

   "concrete objects such as trees"

   Antonyms:
   conceptual, ideal, ideational, liquid, notional, ideological, conceptional, gaseous, abstract, ideologic

3. concreteverb

   formed by the coalescence of particles

   Antonyms:
   ideological, liquid, ideologic, notional, conceptual, conceptional, abstract, ideational, ideal, gaseous

4. concreteverb

   cover with cement

   "concrete the walls"

   Antonyms:
   gaseous, ideal, liquid, ideologic, ideational, conceptional, notional, abstract, ideological, conceptual

5. concreteverb

   form into a solid mass; coalesce

   Antonyms:
   liquid, ideal, notional, ideational, abstract, ideologic, conceptual, gaseous, conceptional, ideological

Matched Categories

1. • Cover
   • Solidify

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1. concreteverb

   Synonyms:
   solidify, harden, cake, become firm or solid, be consolidated

2. concreteadjective

   Synonyms:
   firm, solid, solidified, consolidated, compact

3. concreteadjective

   Synonyms:
   not abstract, not general, restricted to a particular subject (as a qualifying term to its noun)

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1. concreteadjective

   Synonyms:
   solidified, consolidated, specific, special, particular

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1. List of paraphrases for "concrete":

   specific, tangible, practical, cement, particular, definite, real, actual, precise, action-oriented, substantive, factual, substantial

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How to use Concrete in a sentence?

1. Paul Ryan:

   If a summit is to be reconstituted, the US must show strength [and] achieve a concrete, verifiable, enduring elimination of Kim Jong-Un’s nuclear capabilities.

2. Bob Goalby:

   One guy wrote, ‘ They ought to put you and Sonny Liston in a sack of concrete and dump you in the ocean. ’ The negative-to-positive ratio was 10-to-1 negative, the letters piled up, and every one of them hurt. For some reason, I’ve kept that hate mail. I do n’t know why. Maybe to one day explain to people what the experience was like.

3. Kwon Moon-kook:

   I'm not opposed to the summit. I will listen to what they have to say, but I don't have high hopes. There will be other summits, a second, a third, but I'm too old now, there probably won't be any concrete changes in my lifetime.

4. Berlin Partner Director Stefan Franzke:

   The most concrete enquiries are coming from London fintechs (financial technology firms). They are considering a move to Berlin so as not to lose access to the European single market.

5. Dan Tyler:

   We are extremely close to be in a position where this site is dangerously overcrowded ... We have a large number of refugees including pregnant women and children lying on the concrete floor in the reception hall.