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

Hacking incident Hugging Face was recently at the center of a hacking incident that raised concerns about the rapid evolution of powerful AI and cybersecurity tools. — April Roach, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

The bill is yet to become law, with some Iranian members of parliament raising concerns that the wording is too broad and could affect essential activities. — Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026

Sulfolane has received less favorable assessments under more recent solvent-selection guidance, including concerns around reproductive toxicity. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026

Data centers and electricity prices are the main concerns for Ross during the midterm elections. — Maven Navarro updated August 26, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2026

Or does restoring contact always require one person to get quieter and stop raising concerns? — Angela Haupt, Time, 26 Aug. 2026

The investigation has been complicated by concerns about the structural integrity of the house after the fire burned it to its foundation, said Jeff Stovall, a spokesperson for the Billings Police Department. — Matthew Brown, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Speakers focused on the expansion of surveillance cameras across metro Atlanta, recent cases involving officers accused of misusing Flock data and concerns about immigration enforcement. — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

The Living New Deal -- a nonprofit and non-partisan organization dedicated to preserving the history of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's series of economic, social and political reforms -- is raising concerns about the race. — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

Verb

The issue, also affecting manufacturers like Xiaomi and Xpeng, concerns unsafe emergency door-release systems. — Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

However, as someone who has been studying Antarctic krill ecology and their role in the Southern Ocean ecosystem for 16 years, what currently concerns me most is how locally concentrated that harvest has become. — Kim S. Bernard, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026

Anything that concerns Israel is bound to receive pushback right now. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026

That concerns me more than the number of studio names on an organizational chart. — Cory Jacobson, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026

That delay is one of the first things about the case that concerns attorney Ware Wendell, who is the executive director of advocacy group Texas Watch. — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Aug. 2026

Urgent Matter reports that the dispute concerns a preservation easement on the nineteen-story building, Frank Lloyd Wright‘s only skyscraper, completed in 1956, and located forty-five miles north of Tulsa. — News Desk, Artforum, 19 Aug. 2026

The three-level promoter structure applies regardless of whether the change concerns a new product, new service, or internal process innovation. — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Aug. 2026

What concerns me most here is how invisible these exceptions can be. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026