CONCENTRATED Synonyms: 235 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈkän(t)-sən-ˌtrā-təd

Definition of concentrated

as in rich

having an abundance of some characteristic quality (as flavor) a concentrated mixture of lemonade and iced tea

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as in undivided

not divided or scattered among several areas of interest or concern when you get a private conference with that financial adviser, you get nothing but his concentrated attention

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concentrated

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verb

past tense of concentrate

as in condensed

to increase the strength of (a substance in a mixture) by removing other substances prolonged boiling is required to concentrate the sap when making maple syrup

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as in focused

to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective a president who will try to concentrate public attention on the problems of inner cities

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as in consolidated

to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control time to concentrate our efforts on the really important problems that confront us

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as in collected

to bring together in one body or place concentrate your forces on the right side of the battlefield

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as in gathered

to come together into one body or place recent immigrants tend to concentrate in port cities

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as in accumulated

to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass the ozone layer is concentrated 20 to 30 miles above the Earth's surface

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Recent Examples of concentrated

Adjective

California is home to some of the highest household incomes and most concentrated holdings of financial assets in the US, particularly in Silicon Valley. — CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026 Freed said the amount of construction taking place in such a concentrated area has made accidents a growing concern. — Manuel Bojorquez, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2026

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Kenya has only a small number of electric safari vehicles in operation, concentrated in the Mara, and a handful of other conservation areas, and the concept is attracting larger safari operators. — ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026 But cricket’s finances and influence have increasingly concentrated around India, England and Australia, creating an unequal playing field. — Daniel Gallan, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for concentrated

Recent Examples of Synonyms for concentrated

Adjective

But good fiction requires novelists to step beyond niceness and toward some richer mix of curiosity and compassion.

— Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
On Sunday, the model stopped by a Brooklyn farmer’s market for an autumnal bouquet—all rich oranges and dusky browns—which coordinated with her fall ’fit.

— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of rich

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Zelenskyy said Ukraine was also preparing for a meeting with von der Leyen at the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week focused on the country's financial stability.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
Vamos a Votar, an initiative of the largest civil rights and advocacy groups focused on Latino communities, has had to readjust its ambitions this year due to a lack of investment from funders.

— Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of focused

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While that’s happening, our industry is being consolidated into these corporate monoliths that are run by people like Larry Ellison, and Larry Ellison is a radical conservative idealogue.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
The stock ran up to $82 earlier this year, pulled back, consolidated, and has now crept back up to that same level.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of consolidated

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The pattern has been skewed by higher incomes collected by those in the higher echelons of wage workers, like corporate chief executives, entertainers and professional athletes.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Schlumberger also collected the early, experimental landscape triptych by Paul Cézanne from his famed fresco Paysage romantique aux pêcheurs (1862–64), originally for the artist’s family estate in southern France known as Jas de Bouffan.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of collected

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Hours after the tragedy occurred, dozens of community members and teenagers gathered in Manhattan’s East Village at the intersection of East 14th Street and First Avenue to pay tribute to Serkov.

— Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
Prosecutors assembled thousands of pages of text messages and emails, obtained bank and flight records, gathered corroborating witnesses, and collected video footage of freak-offs and the damning tape of Combs attacking Ventura.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of gathered

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The system is a maze in which laws collide with gray areas, where layers upon layers of policy have accumulated over decades in a pile waiting for reform that has never come.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Its fleet includes the MANTAS X-Class and Devil Ray Expeditionary Class platforms, which MARTAC says have accumulated thousands of operating hours across a range of conditions.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026