Synonyms of concerning

concerning 1 of 2

preposition

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
• on
• of
• toward
• respecting
• with regard to
• towards
• touching
• with respect to
• apropos
• as for
• as regards
• apropos of
• as to
• in regard to
• as far as
• as respects
• in view of
• in respect to
• 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
• specifying
• presenting
• encompassing
• containing
• mentioning
• offering
• noting
• pertaining (to)
• citing
• incorporating
• treating (of)
• dealing (with)
• noticing
• entailing
• naming
• having to do with
• quoting
• appertaining (to)
• relating (to)
• alluding (to)
• embracing
• referring (to)
• bearing (on or upon)
• adverting (to)
• instancing
• touching (upon)
• glancing (upon)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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

3

as in alarming

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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