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

One of the most vocal figures to have raised these concerns lives in Melinka. — ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026

One was deported to Honduras, despite concerns about the reach of Nicaragua’s government into neighboring countries. — Lynn Northcutt Vega, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026

The Attorney General's Office said Chiquita Canyon's failure to address the environmental concerns led to the lawsuit. — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

There are already plenty of concerns about privacy and security with Ring cameras and how their data can be shared, and feeding all of that data into a system that can track foot traffic feels ominous. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026

Mental health experts have voiced concerns about chatbots’ sycophancy, lack of clinical nuance, and ability to reinforce delusional beliefs. — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 22 Oct. 2026

The project was first heard by the Planning Commission in September, when commissioners voted to continue the discussion due to concerns about traffic at the nearby intersection of Waterman Road and Rancho Drive. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026

At that time, buying Fin did little to calm Wall Street's concerns about AI disruption. — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026

But even a sympathetic workplace may not feel safe for discussing personal health concerns. — Jo Ann Liguori, Flow Space, 21 Oct. 2026

Verb

What concerns me even more is that Katy works in the travel industry and still couldn't explain exactly how someone got into her account. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026

The allegation was previously investigated The latest allegation concerns an October 2016 New York Times story related to a secret court order that required Yahoo to scan emails for messages potentially linked to a foreign terrorist organization. — Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

Both camps were pursuing something known as the Yang-Mills problem, which concerns the math that underpins modern physics. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026

Advertisement The fourth element concerns the range of those Tehran would hold responsible in the event of an attack. — Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 27 Oct. 2026

Future workforce concerns The Boston Dynamics employee backlash to the ICE contract comes as the company is developing a new advanced robotics and AI facility in Waltham, Massachusetts, near its headquarters. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 26 Oct. 2026

The other concerns a surprising relationship between recessions and automation, when businesses use technology to do tasks that were previously done by humans. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 20 Oct. 2026

On its surface, the conjecture concerns the behavior of a particular function. — Quanta Magazine, 19 Oct. 2026

The demonstration concerns the frequency-comb component rather than a complete portable atomic clock. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026