Synonyms of concerning

concerning 1 of 2

preposition

kən-ˈsər-niŋ 

as in regarding

having to do with

we had a meeting with the principal today concerning the new policy on student-run organizations

Synonyms & Similar Words

• regarding
• about
• toward
• on
• of
• respecting
• with regard to
• with respect to
• in regard to
• touching
• as for
• in view of
• as regards
• in respect to
• as to
• apropos
• as far as
• apropos of
• over

concerning

2 of 2

verb

present participle of concern

1

as in covering

to have (something) as a subject matter

the book concerns the challenges faced by children growing up in single-parent households

Synonyms & Similar Words

• covering
• including
• pertaining (to)
• specifying
• presenting
• dealing (with)
• treating (of)
• containing
• encompassing
• offering
• mentioning
• relating (to)
• having to do with
• citing
• noting
• referring (to)
• bearing (on or upon)
• incorporating
• noticing
• alluding (to)
• touching (upon)
• naming
• appertaining (to)
• quoting
• glancing (upon)
• entailing
• adverting (to)
• embracing
• instancing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• excluding
• omitting
• ignoring
• disregarding
• forgetting
• neglecting
• overlooking
• passing over
• rejecting
• brushing (aside or off)
• slurring (over)
• slighting
• overpassing
• shrugging off

2

as in affecting

to be the business or affair of

the problems of air and water pollution that concern all of us

Synonyms & Similar Words

• affecting
• involving
• touching
• relating (to)
• pertaining (to)
• applying (to)
• bearing (on)
• referring (to)
• appertaining (to)
• implicating
• embroiling
• ensnaring
• entangling

3

as in bothering

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy

we were greatly concerned by reports that yet another previously unknown virus is now posing a threat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bothering
• disturbing
• alarming
• worrying
• distracting
• plaguing
• agitating
• unsettling
• angering
• upsetting
• distressing
• haunting
• disquieting
• dismaying
• perturbing
• discomforting
• annoying
• exercising
• ailing
• derailing
• undoing
• confusing
• irritating
• unhinging
• rattling
• freaking (out)
• bugging
• embarrassing
• discomposing
• distempering
• aggravating
• fussing
• exasperating
• discouraging
• weirding out
• harassing
• vexing
• hagriding
• pestering
• flurrying
• frazzling
• disconcerting
• harrying
• fretting
• bedeviling
• piquing
• riling
• getting
• putting off
• galling
• putting out
• irking
• chafing
• confounding
• mortifying
• chivying
• discountenancing
• grating
• nettling
• disheartening
• discomfiting
• peeving
• jarring
• shaking up
• unnerving
• flustering
• daunting
• demoralizing
• dispiriting
• nonplussing
• abashing
• fazing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• composing
• settling
• soothing
• quieting
• calming
• alleviating
• allaying
• tranquilizing
• conciliating
• assuaging
• appeasing
• placating
• pacifying
• propitiating
• mollifying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of concerning

Verb

The pace of rumors concerning Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s pending wedding exploded this week, helped in large part by a big-city mayor with loose lips. —Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2026

An investigation ensued and the police report uncovered significant information concerning not just the molestation of me but of many other boys over the years. —Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026

Rogers says that trend is concerning because skin cancer is the most common form of cancer. —Maria Godoy, NPR, 13 June 2026

The majority of calls to NCWRC’s Wildlife Hotline concerning alligators come from the two southernmost coastal counties of New Hanover and Brunswick, according to the commission. —Eva Flowe june 12, Charlotte Observer, 12 June 2026