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

In statements, the groups’ leaders largely cited concerns that the tax wouldn’t address their most pressing funding concerns and would endanger California’s long-term fiscal health. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026

For people with privacy concerns, Wachter notes that some companies that provide electronic medical records like Epic, the maker of MyChart, offer their own AI products. — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 30 July 2026

Some attendees insisted that the president should get the benefit of the doubt — even as concerns about kitchen table issues tick up. — ABC News, 30 July 2026

State officials provided a version of the rolls but withheld sensitive personal information, citing privacy concerns. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 30 July 2026

But the private meeting has since drawn scrutiny from neighborhood leaders and advocates who say the community’s fundamental concerns remain unaddressed. — Dj Simmons, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026

These meetings allow landlords to stay informed about campus developments while also sharing feedback and insight on student housing concerns. — Kyle Brody, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Other parents have been actively voicing their concerns at public comments and through local advocacy. — Julianna Mejia july 23, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026

Safety and security concerns have once again delayed cruise ship passengers from visiting a popular port in the Caribbean. — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2026

Verb

The study incorporates data from 2021 through 2024, and mostly concerns 2023 model-year vehicles. — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 30 July 2026

According to the complaint, Grigsby attempted to tell Martinez that concerns about a defense attorney’s performance should be directed to supervisors rather than discussed in open court. — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026

Perhaps the decline in consumption is something that concerns wines that are on a supermarket shelf for two euros, wines that perhaps are not the most ecologically sound to produce. — Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

That message concerns Andrew Read, Pennsylvania State University’s senior vice president for research. — Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 28 July 2026

Johnson succeeding would not automatically provide unionization rights, since the case involves the FLSA, which concerns minimum wage and overtime wage rights, and not the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), which provides for unionization. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 27 July 2026

This concerns Starship’s heat shield, the roughly 18,000 ceramic tiles that protect the vehicle’s underbelly during its fiery return through Earth’s atmosphere. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026

The main point of divergence between the National Assembly and the Senate concerns the scope of the platforms to be banned. — Samuel Petrequin, Fortune, 20 July 2026

The settlement concerns the next three ‘reporting periods’ — 2026, 2027 and 2028 — as well as the next three seasons, from 2026-27 to 2028-29, and outlines the financial position Newcastle must find themselves in at each of those junctures. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 18 July 2026