Collins English Thesaurus Essential. Collins Dictionaries
care, anxiety 3 Politicians cannot ignore the concerns of young people. = affair, issue, matter, consideration 4 He had only gone along out of concern for his two grandsons. = care, interest, regard, consideration, solicitude, attentiveness 5 The technical aspects are not my concern. = business, job, charge, matter, department, field, affair, responsibility, task, mission, pigeon (informal) 6 If not a large concern, his business was at least a successful one. = company, house, business, firm, organization, corporation, enterprise, establishment 7 The survey's findings are a matter of great concern. = importance, interest, bearing, relevance ▸ VERB 1 It concerned her that Bess was going out so much. = worry, trouble, bother, disturb, distress, disquiet, perturb, make uneasy, make anxious 2 The bulk of the book concerns the author's childhood. = be about, cover, deal with, go into, relate to, have to do with 3 This matter doesn't concern you, so stay out of it. = be relevant to, involve, affect, regard, apply to, bear on, have something to do with, pertain to, interest, touchconcerned ADJECTIVE 1 I believe he was concerned in all those matters you mention. = involved, interested, active, mixed up, implicated, privy to 2 I've been very concerned about the situation. = worried, troubled, upset, bothered, disturbed, anxious, distressed, uneasy ◼ OPPOSITE: indifferent 3 A concerned friend put a comforting arm around her shoulder. = caring, attentive, solicitousconcerning PREPOSITION = regarding, about, re, touching, respecting, relating to, on the subject of, as to, with reference to, in the matter of, apropos of, as regardsconcert ● in concert = together, jointly, unanimously, in unison, in league, in collaboration, shoulder to shoulder, concertedlyconcerted ADJECTIVE = coordinated, united, joint, combined, collaborative ◼ OPPOSITE: separateconcession NOUN 1 We had to make sweeping concessions in order to reach a settlement. = compromise, agreement, settlement, accommodation, adjustment, trade-off, give-and-take, half measures 2 The government has granted concessions to three private companies. = privilege, right, permit, licence, franchise, entitlement, indulgence, prerogative 3 We don't know how long the government will allow these tax concessions to continue. = reduction, saving, grant, discount, allowance 4 He said there'd be no concession of territory. = surrender, yielding, conceding, renunciation, relinquishmentconciliation NOUN = pacification, reconciliation, disarming, appeasement, propitiation, mollification, soothing, placationconciliatory ADJECTIVE = pacifying, pacific, disarming, appeasing, mollifying, peaceable, placatory, soothingconcise ADJECTIVE = brief, short, to the point, compact, summary, compressed, condensed, terse, laconic, succinct, pithy, synoptic, epigrammatic, compendious ◼ OPPOSITE: ramblingconclave NOUN = secret or private meeting, council, conference, congress, session, cabinet, assembly, parley, runanga (N.Z.)conclude VERB 1 We concluded that he was telling the truth. = decide, judge, establish, suppose, determine, assume, gather, reckon (informal), work out, infer, deduce, surmise 2 The evening concluded with dinner and speeches. = come to an end, end, close, finish, wind up, draw to a close ◼ OPPOSITE: begin 3 They concluded their annual summit meeting today. = bring to an end, end, close, finish, complete, wind up, terminate, round off ◼ OPPOSITE: begin 4 If the clubs cannot conclude a deal, an independent tribunal will decide. = accomplish, effect, settle, bring about, fix, carry out, resolve, clinch, pull off, bring off (informal)conclusion NOUN 1 We came to the conclusion that it was too difficult to combine the two techniques. = decision, agreement, opinion, settlement, resolution, conviction, verdict, judgment, deduction, inference 2 At the conclusion of the programme, viewers were invited to phone in. = end, ending, close, finish, completion, finale, termination, bitter end, result 3 Executives said it was the logical conclusion of the process. = outcome, result, upshot, consequence, sequel, culmination, end result, issue ● in conclusion In conclusion, walking is a cheap, safe form of exercise. = finally, lastly, in closing, to sum upconclusive ADJECTIVE = decisive, final, convincing, clinching, definite, definitive, irrefutable, unanswerable, unarguable, ultimate ◼ OPPOSITE: inconclusiveconcoct VERB = make up, design, prepare, manufacture, plot, invent, devise, brew, hatch, formulate, contrive, fabricate, think up, cook up (informal), trump up, projectconcoction NOUN = mixture, preparation, compound, brew, combination, creation, blendconcord NOUN = treaty, agreement, convention, compact, protocol, entente, concordatconcourse NOUN = crowd, collection, gathering, assembly, crush, multitude, throng, convergence, hui (N.Z.), assemblage, meeting, runanga (N.Z.)concrete NOUN The posts have to be set in concrete. = cement (not in technical usage) ▸ ADJECTIVE 1 He had no concrete evidence. = specific, precise, explicit, definite, clear-cut, unequivocal, unambiguous ◼ OPPOSITE: vague 2 using concrete objects to teach addition and subtraction = real, material, actual, substantial (formal), sensible, tangible, factual ◼ OPPOSITE: abstractconcubine NOUN = mistress, courtesan, kept womanconcur VERB = agree, accord, approve, assent, accede, acquiesceconcurrent ADJECTIVE = simultaneous, coexisting, concomitant, contemporaneous, coincident, synchronous, concertedconcussion NOUN 1 She fell off a horse and suffered a concussion. = shock, brain injury 2 I was blown off the deck by the concussion of the torpedoes. = impact, crash, shaking, clash, jarring, collision, jolt, joltingcondemn VERB 1 Political leaders united yesterday to condemn the latest wave of violence. = denounce, damn, criticize, disapprove, censure, reprove, upbraid, excoriate (literary), reprehend, blame ◼ OPPOSITE: approve 2 He was condemned to life imprisonment. = sentence, convict, damn, doom, pass sentence on ◼ OPPOSITE: acquitcondemnation NOUN = denunciation, blame, censure, disapproval, reproach, stricture, reproof, denouncementcondensation NOUN 1 The surface refrigeration allows the condensation of water. = distillation, precipitation, liquefaction 2 a condensation of a book that offers ten ways to be a better manager = abridgment, summary, abstract, digest, contraction, synopsis, précis, encapsulationcondense VERB 1 The English translation has been condensed into a single more readable book. = abridge, contract, concentrate, compact, shorten, summarize, compress, encapsulate, abbreviate, epitomize, précis ◼ OPPOSITE: expand 2 The compressed gas is cooled and condenses into a liquid. = concentrate, reduce, precipitate (Chemistry), thicken, boil down, solidify, coagulate ◼ OPPOSITE: dilutecondensed ADJECTIVE 1 I also produced a condensed version of the paper. = abridged, concentrated, compressed, potted, shortened, summarized, slimmed-down, encapsulated 2 condensed milk = concentrated, reduced, thickened, boiled down, precipitated (Chemistry)condescend VERB 1 a writer who does not condescend to her readers = patronize, talk down to, treat like a child, treat as inferior, treat condescendingly 2 He never condescended to notice me. = deign, see fit, lower yourself, be courteous enough, bend, submit, stoop, unbend (informal), vouchsafe, come down off your high horse (informal), humble or demean yourselfcondescending ADJECTIVE = patronizing, lordly, superior, lofty, snooty (informal), snobbish, disdainful, supercilious, toffee-nosed (slang, chiefly Brit.), on your high horse (informal)condescension NOUN = patronizing attitude, superiority, disdain, haughtiness, loftiness, superciliousness, lordliness, airscondition NOUN 1 The two-bedroom chalet is in good condition. = state, order, shape, nick (Brit. informal), trim 2 The government has to encourage people to better their condition. = situation, state, position, status, circumstances, plight, status quo (Latin), case, predicament 3 They had agreed to a summit subject to certain conditions. = requirement, terms, rider, provision, restriction, qualification, limitation, modification, requisite, prerequisite, proviso, stipulation, rule, demand