CONCENTRATED Synonyms: 235 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈkän(t)-sən-ˌtrā-təd

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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

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Now, audiences are more connected than ever, and algorithmic feeds on apps like TikTok allow for widespread discourse on concentrated topics, continuously pouring gas on the flames of online drama. —

Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 1 June 2026 This is fundamentally different from concentrated synthetic 7-OH, a which has recently been classified as a street drug by the FDA. —

Tara Molina, CBS News, 1 June 2026

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Its bulkiness could be seen as both a blessing and a curse, as much of the weight is concentrated in the base to prevent the monitor from tipping over. —

Tony Hoffman, PC Magazine, 2 June 2026 The data also reveal how tightly this contamination is concentrated around Kantamanto, pinpointing the market as the epicenter. —

Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 28 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for concentrated

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Over the course of Gregory Orr’s long career, his poems have become increasingly incantatory, more and more like chants or psalms, repeating, reformulating, reaching for the edges of the same rich metaphors.

— Craig Morgan Teicher, Literary Hub, 1 June 2026
Time gave us the late-career brilliance of filmmakers like Jane Campion, Agnès Varda, Claire Denis, and Kathryn Bigelow, whose work became richer, fiercer, and more self-assured because these women had lived and learned so much.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 31 May 2026