concern

1. 1.

   be relevant to

   “There were lots of questions referring to her talk”

   “My remark pertained to your earlier comments”

   Synonymsreferpertainrelatecome tobear ontouchtouch onhave to do with

   Narrowerfocus onapplyinvolvematter to
2. 2.

   be on the mind of

   “I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift”

   Synonymsinterestoccupyworry

Other forms of concern

plural

concerns·

past tense

concerned·

present participle

concerning·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about concern

What does concern mean?

concern means "something that interests you because it is important or affects you". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in concern?

concern has 2 syllables: con-cern. The stress falls on "cern". In IPA it is /kənˈsɝn/.

What is another word for concern?

Close synonyms include care, fear, worry, headache, vexation. 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 concern?

The recorded antonyms are unconcern.

Is concern a common word?

concern is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with concern?

2 words rhyme with concern. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.