Synonyms for concentration
ˌkɒn sənˈtreɪ ʃəncon·cen·tra·tion

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1. concentrationnoun

   A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university.

   Synonyms:
   major

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1. concentrationnoun

   the strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume

   Synonyms:
   tightness, immersion, assiduity, compactness, absorption, denseness, assiduousness, density, engrossment

   Antonyms:
   dilution, distribution, dispersion

2. concentration, density, denseness, tightness, compactnessnoun

   the spatial property of being crowded together

   Synonyms:
   immersion, tautness, parsimoniousness, absorption, constriction, parsimony, closeness, assiduousness, stringency, assiduity, niggardliness, denseness, tightfistedness, dumbness, compactness, slow-wittedness, minginess, engrossment, tightness, meanness, niggardness, density

   Antonyms:
   distribution, dispersion, dilution

3. concentrationnoun

   strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing diluting material

   Synonyms:
   tightness, immersion, assiduity, compactness, absorption, denseness, assiduousness, density, engrossment

   Antonyms:
   dilution, dispersion, distribution

4. concentrationnoun

   increase in density

   Synonyms:
   tightness, immersion, assiduity, compactness, absorption, denseness, assiduousness, density, engrossment

   Antonyms:
   dispersion, distribution, dilution

5. concentration, engrossment, absorption, immersionnoun

   complete attention; intense mental effort

   Synonyms:
   immersion, dousing, submersion, absorption, submerging, ingress, assiduousness, preoccupancy, soaking up, ducking, assiduity, denseness, preoccupation, compactness, engrossment, intentness, assimilation, tightness, density, submergence

   Antonyms:
   distribution, dispersion, dilution

6. concentrationnoun

   bringing together military forces

   Synonyms:
   tightness, immersion, assiduity, compactness, absorption, denseness, assiduousness, density, engrossment

   Antonyms:
   distribution, dispersion, dilution

7. assiduity, assiduousness, concentrationnoun

   great and constant diligence and attention

   Synonyms:
   immersion, tightness, engrossment, assiduity, compactness, absorption, denseness, assiduousness, density

   Antonyms:
   dilution, distribution, dispersion

Matched Categories

1. • Assembly
   • Attention
   • Diligence
   • Increase
   • Property
   • Strengthening

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1. concentrationnoun

   Synonyms:
   condensation, compression into a small compass

2. concentrationnoun

   Synonyms:
   reduction by evaporation

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1. concentrationnoun

   Synonyms:
   centralization, consolidation, condensation

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1. List of paraphrases for "concentration":

   concentrations, focus, merger, concentrating, concentrated, levels, strength, centralisation, concentrate, content, level

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1. Victor Frankl:

   We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances - to choose one's own way.

2. Dmitry Suslov:

   The whole reason behind the concentration of troops by Russia at the Ukrainian border is to create tension, to accompany the Russian political demands with the demonstration of military force, which has already brought some significant positive results to Russia, from the Russian perspective, and this is the predominant opinion really widespread in Moscow, withoutthe concentration of the Russian troops, without belligerent rhetoric, without speculation about the ‘military-technical’ response by Russia, Russian security guarantee demands would have gone directly to the dustbins everywhere in the West.

3. Gary Gensler:

   Concentration could lead to more fragile markets, meaning less orderly, and also more costly or less efficient, markets. That's what history and economics tell us when we get concentration.

4. John Fitzgerald Kennedy:

   I want to emphasize in the great concentration which we now place upon scientists and engineers how much we still need the men and women educated in the liberal tradition, willing to take the long look, undisturbed by prejudices and slogans of the moment, who attempt to make an honest judgment on difficult events.

5. Unknown, The Bhagavad Gita:

   For the uncontrolled there is no wisdom. For the uncontrolled there is no concentration, and for him without concentration, there is no peace. And for the unpeaceful how can there ever be happiness?