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

Patients complete an online survey covering their skin concerns, history, current routine and goals, which is reviewed by a clinician licensed in their state. — Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026

YouTube Dividing Lines Drawn The inseparable relationship between YouTube and TV was clear for all to see at MIPCOM Cannes but serious concerns from the latter remain. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026

The latest pullback presents a buying opportunity, Ives said, adding that the AI infrastructure boom remained in its early stages despite mounting concerns over funding costs. — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026

The security concerns have also affected commercial air travel, according to the department. — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Similar federal lists in other states have proved highly inaccurate, raising concerns that eligible voters could be disenfranchised. — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Voters have their concerns and say they've been hit hard in the wallet. — Ted Scouten, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Global hospitality business Hilton is acutely aware of these concerns. — Sam Forsdick, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

The only person willing to take Calvin’s concerns seriously is Fonda Howander (Mackenzie Davis), a marine zoologist researching out of a nearby facility. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026

Verb

The dispute also concerns how OpenAI recruited former Apple employees for its consumer hardware and robotics teams. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026

But there is another kind of encampment that concerns me even more. — Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026

The 2026 Nobel Prize in chemistry concerns a property called chirality, which may sound like an abstract science term but is actually all around you, all the time. — Mallory Green, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026

However, concerns that there may be further supply disruptions in the Middle East weighed on sentiment. — Justina Lee, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026

Sarah Yager, the first Human Rights and Responsible Deployment Lead at OpenAI, said that concerns her. — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026

Practical reasons also are common hindrances to leaving, one of which paradoxically concerns safety. — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

That system concerns waste management, while AB 2253 focused on the claims companies voluntarily put on products. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026

The case, the first of the court’s new term, concerns whether Boulder County, Colorado, can sue two fossil fuel companies in state court to reclaim damages caused by climate change. — Henry Gass, Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2026