Synonyms for concern
- noun
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Trouble — the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person
care, trouble, regard, matter, solicitude, thought, carefulness
3. Interest
interest, fear, feer US, fere UK, importance, thing, consequence, business, sympathy, part, affair, moment, sorrow, company, weight, institution, firm, establishment, undertaking, partnership, house, import, transaction, copartnership rare
Other
relation, concernment rare
Verb
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person.
Judy's eyes filled with concern as she listened to the news report.
- n. 2
That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone.
Mark’s health was of great concern to Connie.
- n. 3
The placement of interest or worry on a subject.
Most people in Australia have no concern for the recent events in London.
- v. 1
To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.
Related words
- Word family
- concernment concernworthy
Choose the right word
Concern denotes a serious interest, milder than anxiety; as, concern for the safety of a ship at sea.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- matter You have no business complaining about the matter.
- worry As regards the result, you need not worry so much.
- unease Ziri began to feel his sense of unease increasing.
- interest The public interest was directed at his judgement.
By length
- 4 letters
- part1, care1, fear1, firm1, bear1, fere, feer
- 5 letters
- thing1, house1, touch1, worry2, refer2
- 6 letters
- matter2, moment2, weight1, affect2, regard2, affair2, relate2, import2, occupy3, sorrow2, unease2
- 7 letters
- thought1, company3, trouble2, anxiety4, pertain2
- 8 letters
- business2, interest2, relation3, headache2, sympathy3, vexation
- 10 letters
- importance3, solicitude4
- 11 letters
- partnership3, institution4, transaction3, consequence3, undertaking4, carefulness3, concernment
- 12 letters
- apprehension4
- 13 letters
- establishment4, copartnership
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (worry2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- inquiétude
- Italiano
- inquietudine
- Español
- inquietud
- Deutsch
- Unruhe
- Català
- desfici