concern

Nouns

  • (n) something that interests you because it is important or affects you
    • the safety of the ship is the captain's concern
  • (n) an anxious feeling
    • care had aged him
    • they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction
    fear, care,
  • (n) a feeling of sympathy for someone or something
    • She felt strong concern for those less fortunate
  • (n) something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
    • New York traffic is a constant concern
    • it's a major worry
    headache, worry, vexation,
  • (n) a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
    • he bought his brother's business
    • a small mom-and-pop business
    • a racially integrated business concern
    business, business concern, business organisation, business organization,

Verbs

Synonyms

bear on have-to doe with pertain come to refer relate touch on touch fear care interest occupy worry headache vexation business business concern business organisation business organization

Antonyms

unconcern

Words of close approximity

concert
conceal concede conceit concept concert
concerned concernedly