Synonyms of concerns

concerns 1 of 2

noun

plural of concern

as in companies

a commercial or industrial activity or organization

several banking concerns in the area

Synonyms & Similar Words

• companies
• firms
• interests
• houses
• enterprises
• businesses
• corporations
• associations
• agencies
• establishments
• outfits
• trusts
• dealers
• outlets
• conglomerates
• chains
• multinationals
• cartels
• syndicates
• combines
• microenterprises

concerns

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of concern

1

as in covers

to have (something) as a subject matter

the book concerns the challenges faced by children growing up in single-parent households

Synonyms & Similar Words

• covers
• pertains (to)
• presents
• includes
• treats (of)
• has to do with
• deals (with)
• specifies
• encompasses
• relates (to)
• offers
• contains
• refers (to)
• instances
• mentions
• notices
• bears (on or upon)
• notes
• cites
• appertains (to)
• touches (upon)
• names
• alludes (to)
• quotes
• incorporates
• entails
• adverts (to)
• embraces
• glances (upon)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• excludes
• omits
• ignores
• neglects
• disregards
• forgets
• overlooks
• rejects
• passes over
• slights
• slurs (over)
• brushes (aside or off)
• overpasses
• shrugs off

2

as in affects

to be the business or affair of

the problems of air and water pollution that concern all of us

Synonyms & Similar Words

• affects
• involves
• touches
• relates (to)
• pertains (to)
• applies (to)
• refers (to)
• bears (on)
• implicates
• appertains (to)
• embroils
• ensnares
• entangles

3

as in worries

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

• worries
• alarms
• bothers
• disturbs
• distracts
• angers
• unsettles
• upsets
• distresses
• haunts
• plagues
• agitates
• dismays
• discomforts
• annoys
• disquiets
• ails
• freaks (out)
• exercises
• confuses
• discomposes
• irritates
• perturbs
• derails
• unhinges
• flurries
• rattles
• distempers
• bugs
• undoes
• fusses
• weirds out
• frazzles
• exasperates
• embarrasses
• aggravates
• irks
• hagrides
• peeves
• vexes
• discourages
• harasses
• piques
• riles
• chafes
• grates
• frets
• harries
• bedevils
• pesters
• discomfits
• flusters
• nettles
• puts off
• disconcerts
• confounds
• shakes up
• discountenances
• galls
• puts out
• abashes
• chivies
• mortifies
• gets
• daunts
• dispirits
• nonpluses
• unnerves
• fazes
• jars
• disheartens
• demoralizes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• soothes
• calms
• quiets
• settles
• composes
• alleviates
• allays
• assuages
• tranquilizes
• appeases
• pacifies
• placates
• mollifies
• conciliates
• propitiates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of concerns

Noun

Mayo Clinic’s former Director of Research Operations Traci Tamiko Eto sued the hospital earlier this month, alleging she was retaliated against for raising privacy and oversight concerns around some Mayo AI systems. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

That number does not trail too far behind how voters view cost of living concerns. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026

How motivated the Cowboys’ ownership group is to get the Super Bowl back to Arlington is up for debate, but the World Cup proved that any logistical or structural concerns that stemmed from a couple of hiccups back in 2011 no longer exist. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026

The group, including Microsoft, has been crushed this year on concerns of AI disruption. — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 15 July 2026

Driven by growing concerns over lithium-ion battery fires and thermal runaway, this technology could enhance battery safety across diverse applications, including electric vehicles and data center energy storage systems. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 July 2026

Beyond concerns about data storage and sharing, a recent report from LAPD Inspector General Matthew Barragan found that the department’s license plate readers — known as ALPRs — have misidentified vehicles as stolen on a number of occasions. — Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

City officials didn’t respond Wednesday to any of the complaints and concerns raised by the hoteliers. — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026

Demonstrators raised concerns that Levin-Richmond Terminal is ill equipped to handle the raw sugar. — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 9 July 2026

Verb

Bradač’s proof concerns off-diagonal Ramsey numbers, which allow for large differences between the size of a clique and the size of an independent set. — Sam MacDonald, Scientific American, 15 July 2026

Lyndsy Fonseca, rapper Russ, Tom Cavanagh, Hunter King, Joseph Lee Anderson and Rob Riggle star in the indie film, which concerns a group of campers who run into a nasty, giant, prehistoric spider. — William Earl, Variety, 15 July 2026

The fourth, and maybe the most elusive, concerns self-conception. — Max Moser, STAT, 9 July 2026

Another issue with the heat index concerns the way that it’s calculated. — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 3 July 2026

That case concerns a longstanding Supreme Court precedent that broadly shields members of such boards from being fired at will, in order to protect them from partisan interference. — Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

What concerns me is that many yung people are not indoctrinated about what the flag means. — Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2026

However, the most noteworthy information in the report concerns the Florida spaceport, where demand from SpaceX’s Starship and Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch vehicles is expected to stress NASA. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 22 June 2026

The show concerns itself with events that unfold some 200 years before those shown in Game of Thrones. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 June 2026