Synonyms for concern
kənˈsɜrn

Princeton's WordNet(3.55 / 11 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. concern(noun)

   something that interests you because it is important or affects you

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

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

   Antonyms:
   unconcern

2. concern, care, fear(noun)

   an anxious feeling

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

   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

   Antonyms:
   unconcern

3. concern(noun)

   a feeling of sympathy for someone or something

   "She felt strong concern for those less fortunate"

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

   Antonyms:
   unconcern

4. concern, worry, headache, vexation(noun)

   something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness

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

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

   Antonyms:
   unconcern

5. business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation(verb)

   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"

   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

   Antonyms:
   unconcern

6. refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with(verb)

   be relevant to

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

   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

   Antonyms:
   unconcern

7. concern, interest, occupy, worry(verb)

   be on the mind of

   "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift"

   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

   Antonyms:
   unconcern

Wiktionary(2.33 / 3 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. concern(verb)

   To be of importance to.

   Synonyms:
   interest

English Synonyms and Antonyms(2.67 / 3 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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.

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

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. concern

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

   Antonyms:
   indifference, disregard, carelessness, congratulation, chuckling

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. concern(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   affect, interest, touch, regard, relate to, belong to, pertain to, bear upon, be of importance to

2. concern(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   trouble, make anxious, make uneasy

3. concern(n.)

   Synonyms:
   matter, business, affair, transaction

4. concern(n.)

   Synonyms:
   importance, interest, moment, consequence, weight

5. concern(n.)

   Synonyms:
   anxiety, solicitude, care, carefulness

6. concern(n.)

   Synonyms:
   firm, house, establishment

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. concern(n)

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

   Antonyms:
   unconcern, inconsequence

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   preoccupation, concerns, interest, anxiety, worry, disquiet, attention, fear, unease, gold, problem, relate, concerned, worries, apprehension, alarm, affect, care

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How to use concern in a sentence?

1. The National Weather Service:

   The area of greatest concern is from southeast Colorado to portions of Texas, the primary threat with these storms will be very large hail, but damaging winds and even a few tornadoes can not be ruled out.

2. John KASICH:

   My great concern is that we are on the verge of perhaps picking someone who cannot do this job. I've watched to see people say that we should dismantle Medicare and Medicaid and leave our senior citizens out, out in the cold. I've heard them talk about deporting 10 or 11 (million) people here from this country out of this country, splitting families. I've heard about tax schemes that don't add up that put our kids in a deeper hole than they are today.

3. Mike Tholen:

   Inevitably there will be some more fields decommissioned as a result of low prices, it's a significant concern but it's not the edge of the cliff.

4. Jonathan White:

   We share concern that I think everyone in this room feels. Anytime a child is abused in the care of ORR is one too many.

5. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga:

   It is a common concern of the international community that China tries to change the situation and increase tensions in the South China Sea by carrying out extensive and rapid land reclamation, building its base in the region and utilizing it for military purposes, we have deep concerns over such actions and want to re-emphasize that Japan cannot accept it.

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