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. Lauren Groh-Wargo:

   The Court today declined to issue an injunction on the purge, but expressed that it has a 'serious concern that there needs to be an immediate and accurate interpretation by the state court of HB 316', we share this concern and are exploring additional legal options.

2. Martin Indyk:

   In the absence of negotiations, actions on the ground are making it more and more difficult to see how a two-state solution could be achieved, i think there is a real concern on the part of the president and the secretary of state.

3. Kulamani Tarai:

   I know how devastating it is if you are not aware of the weather. During the horrific 1999 super cyclone, hundreds of our fishermen brothers were killed, our main concern was how to stay safe. Now, we do not have so much fear. Whenever we get a voice message saying the sea condition is rough, we never go out for fishing.

4. Nancy Messonnier:

   The data over the past week about the spread in other countries has raised our level of concern and expectation that we are going to have community spread here.

5. Godfrey Massay:

   My biggest concern is that this compensation is not timely as required by the law.

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