Synonyms of concentrating

concentrating 1 of 2

adjective

as in focused

Related Words

• focused
• absorbed
• preoccupied
• occupied
• immersed
• engrossed
• intent
• engaged
• employed
• working
• diligent
• assiduous
• active
• busy
• industrious
• sedulous
• bustling
• hopping
• laborious
• tied-up
• knee-deep
• energetic
• hardworking
• swamped
• vigorous
• tireless
• indefatigable
• untiring

Dissimilar Words

• idle
• inactive
• unemployed
• unoccupied
• lazy
• passive
• dormant
• sleepy
• asleep
• latent
• slow
• quiescent
• inert
• lifeless
• dead
• unbusy
• dull
• inoperative
• nonoperating

concentrating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of concentrate

1

as in condensing

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• condensing
• reducing
• extracting
• removing
• refining
• evaporating
• intensifying
• purging
• cleaning
• enhancing
• clarifying
• purifying
• distilling
• flushing
• leaching
• deepening
• solidifying
• cleansing
• heightening
• compacting
• enriching
• decocting
• strengthening
• fortifying
• boiling down
• hardening
• reconcentrating
• richening
• recondensing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• diluting
• watering (down)
• cutting
• weakening
• thinning
• adulterating

2

as in focusing

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• focusing
• riveting
• centering
• training
• fastening
• aiming
• pointing
• directing
• attending
• nailing
• heeding
• leveling
• homing (in on)
• setting
• zeroing (in on)
• minding
• refocusing
• obsessing (over)
• honing in (on)
• fixating (on)

3

as in consolidating

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• consolidating
• integrating
• uniting
• merging
• combining
• centralizing
• centering
• unifying
• reducing
• compacting
• incorporating
• coordinating
• concentering
• blending
• orchestrating
• linking
• harmonizing
• coalescing
• joining
• fusing
• collecting
• assembling
• reuniting
• gathering
• reunifying
• conjoining
• colligating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• spreading (out)
• decentralizing
• separating
• segregating
• deconcentrating

4

as in collecting

to bring together in one body or place

concentrate your forces on the right side of the battlefield

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collecting
• assembling
• gathering
• accumulating
• amassing
• corralling
• garnering
• grouping
• combining
• packing
• joining
• lumping
• congregating
• constellating
• getting together
• uniting
• organizing
• piling
• stacking
• mustering
• bulking (up)
• rounding up
• arranging
• connecting
• merging
• compiling
• raising
• balling
• linking
• picking up
• huddling
• clustering
• rallying
• pooling
• pressing
• bunching
• herding
• regrouping
• swarming
• batching
• collating
• systematizing
• heaping
• flocking
• banding
• thronging
• hiving
• archiving
• brigading
• scraping (up or together)
• re-collecting
• regathering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dispersing
• scattering
• dissipating
• separating
• dissolving
• sending
• disintegrating
• dispelling
• severing
• splitting (up)
• dismissing
• breaking up
• disbanding

5

as in converging

to come together into one body or place

recent immigrants tend to concentrate in port cities

Synonyms & Similar Words

• converging
• gathering
• assembling
• meeting
• collecting
• convening
• rendezvousing
• joining
• merging
• clustering
• congregating
• cooperating
• consolidating
• conglomerating
• getting together
• collaborating
• concentering
• uniting
• allying
• forgathering
• affiliating
• coupling
• associating
• federating
• consorting
• clubbing
• reassembling
• conjoining
• banding (together)
• ganging up
• confederating
• caucusing
• reconvening
• regathering
• remeeting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dispersing
• leaving
• splitting (up)
• disbanding
• breaking up
• departing
• taking off
• dissociating
• disuniting
• disjoining

6

as in accumulating

to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass

the ozone layer is concentrated 20 to 30 miles above the Earth's surface

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accumulating
• collecting
• gathering
• amassing
• massing
• accreting
• piling (up)
• stacking (up)
• conglomerating
• drifting
• building up
• lumping
• agglutinating
• clumping
• banking
• ridging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• scattering
• dispersing
• dissipating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of concentrating

Verb

Effective integration is not about eliminating partners or concentrating control. — Morten Johansen, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Kirkikis | Istock Editorial | Getty Images Georgia has an outstanding career education pipeline, with more than a quarter of high school students concentrating on career and technical studies, according to AdvanceCTE. — Scott Cohn, CNBC, 16 July 2026

Pest control pro Ed Dolshun also advises concentrating your efforts at the exact entry and exit points being used by the bugs. — The Spruce, 15 July 2026

Low iron stores can translate to difficulty concentrating, fatigue and even hair loss. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 14 July 2026

This ensures blooms throughout the structure rather than concentrating them at the tops of plants. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 July 2026

The company sold its once-extensive downtown Des Moines office complex in 2025, concentrating its workers at the Jordan Creek facility. — Israel Schuman, Des Moines Register, 9 July 2026

Michelle Pfeiffer’s return to series television after years of concentrating on feature films and her family has paid off in a big way. — Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Specifically, the court solidified a decades-long movement concentrating executive power under the president alone – amid a broadening of presidential power in other directions. — Henry Gass, Christian Science Monitor, 7 July 2026