concentrated

1. 1.

   gathered together or made less diffuse

   “their concentrated efforts”

   “his concentrated attention”

   “concentrated study”

   “a narrow thread of concentrated ore”

   Antonymsdistributed

   Similarbunchythickcumuloussinglethickset
2. 2.

   of or relating to a solution whose dilution has been reduced

   Similarundiluted
3. 3.

   intensely focused

   “her concentrated passion held them at bay”

   Similarintense
4. 4.

   (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source

   Synonymshard
5. 5.

   being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance

   “a saturated solution”

   Synonymssaturated

   Similarsupersaturated

Questions about concentrated

What does concentrated mean?

concentrated means "gathered together or made less diffuse". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in concentrated?

concentrated has 4 syllables: con-cen-tra-ted. The stress falls on "con". In IPA it is /ˈkɑnsənˌtɹeɪtɪd/.

What is another word for concentrated?

Close synonyms include hard, saturated. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of concentrated?

The recorded antonyms are distributed.

Is concentrated a common word?

concentrated is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.