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

Instead of concentrating on today's opportunities, your thoughts drift toward tomorrow's possibilities. — Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Rather than concentrating reserve income with a single issuer, Open USD says partners will be able to mint and redeem tokens at no cost while sharing reserve earnings after a management fee. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 2 July 2026

Instead of concentrating combat capability aboard a small number of heavily armed warships, the government says the new vessels will support a hybrid fleet in which crewed ships coordinate networks of autonomous systems across multiple domains. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 30 June 2026

Issues could include insomnia, aggression, difficulty concentrating, sensitivity to psychotropic medication and exacerbation of existing mental illness -- like anxiety, depression and schizophrenia. — Mark Prussin, CBS News, 29 June 2026

In a June essay, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the industry needs to avoid concentrating power in a handful of large providers. — Ashley Capoot,kate Rooney, CNBC, 26 June 2026

Iran was able to rebuild the capability in a matter of months, concentrating on locating future centrifuge assembly capabilities at sites buried deep underground. — Amy McAuliffe, The Conversation, 26 June 2026

Hedgepeth was also skeptical of the bills focused on solar panels, gardens, ADUs and home daycares, arguing lawmakers are concentrating on relatively narrow issues while avoiding broader questions about HOA authority. — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 24 June 2026

The central question raised by his letter is whether UF’s governance structure has crossed the line between oversight and management by concentrating authority in a single trustee. — Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 18 June 2026