Synonyms for concentrate
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
2. Condense
Other
centralize UK US, centralise UK, draw, gather, assemble, contract, embody, converge, congregate, conglomerate
Definitions
- v. 1
To focus one's thought or attention (on).
- v. 2
To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.
to concentrate the attention
- v. 3
To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense.
to concentrate by washing
- v. 4
To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.
Population tends to concentrate in cities.
Related words
- Word family
- concentrated concentration
Forms
- Past participle
- concentrated
e.g. concentrated → focused, centered, pored, riveted…
Example sentences
- focus I want you to focus on a beautiful future for you.
- pore Look at him, he's oozing testosterone from every pore.
- consolidate Algeria needs to consolidate its fiscal situation.
- condense It's hard to condense this into a short article.
- bury Gray squirrels bury nuts, but red squirrels don't.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| concentrate | falling | |
| focus | rising | |
| pore | steady | |
| consolidate | steady | |
| condense | steady | |
| decoct | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- draw1, bury2, pore1
- 5 letters
- think1, focus2, rivet2
- 6 letters
- center2, centre2, reduce2, gather2, digest2, embody3, decoct
- 8 letters
- contract2, assemble3, converge2, condense2
- 10 letters
- congregate3, centralize3, centralise
- 11 letters
- consolidate4
- 12 letters
- conglomerate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bury2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- concentrer
- Deutsch
- konzentrieren