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concern
[kuhn-surn] 
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concern
[kuhn-surn]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business, responsibility |
| Synonyms: | affair, burden, care, charge, company, corporation, deportment, entanglement, enterprise, establishment, field, firm, house, interest, involvement, job, jungle*, matter, megacorp, mission, multinational, occupation, organization, outfit, shooting match, task, thing, transaction, worry, zoo |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | concern |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | affect personally |
| Synonyms: | apply to, be relevant to, bear on, become involved, bother, disquiet, distress, disturb, interest, involve, make anxious, make uneasy, pertain to, perturb, regard, take pains, touch, trouble, worry |
| Main Entry: | concern |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | relate to, have reference to |
| Synonyms: | answer to, appertain to, apply to, be about, be applicable to, be connected with, be dependent upon, be interdependent with, be pertinent to, be well taken, bear on, bear upon, belong to, deal with, depend upon, have a bearing on, have connections with, have implications for, have relation to, have significance for, have to do with, involve, pertain to, refer to, regard |
| Antonyms: | unconcern |
| Main Entry: | absorb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | occupy complete attention |
| Synonyms: | captivate, concern, consume, employ, engage, engross, fascinate, fill, hold, immerse, involve, monopolize, obsess, preoccupy, rivet |
| Antonyms: | distract |
| Main Entry: | affair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | matter or business to be taken care of; happening activity |
| Synonyms: | assignment, avocation, calling, case, circumstance, concern, duty, employment, episode, event, hap, happening, incident, interest, job, mission, obligation, occupation, occurrence, office function, proceeding, profession, project, province, pursuit, question, realm, responsibility, subject, task, thing*, topic, transaction, undertaking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | affection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong fondness |
| Synonyms: | amore, ardor, attachment, care, case*, closeness, concern, crush, desire, devotion, emotion, endearment, feeling, friendliness, friendship, good will, hankering*, heart, inclination, itch, kindness, liking, love, passion, predilection, propensity, puppy love, regard, sentiment, shine*, soft spot, solicitude, tenderness, warmth, weakness*, yen* |
| Antonyms: | animosity, antipathy, dislike, enmity, hate, hatred, ill will |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | anxiety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | worry, tension |
| Synonyms: | all-overs, angst, ants in pants, apprehension, botheration, butterflies, care, cold sweat, concern, creeps, disquiet, disquietude, distress, doubt, downer, drag*, dread, fidgets, flap, foreboding, fretfulness, fuss, goose bumps, heebie-jeebies, jitters, jumps, misery, misgiving, mistrust, nail-biting, needles, nervousness, panic, pins and needles, restlessness, shakes, shivers, solicitude, suffering, suspense, sweat*, trouble, uncertainty, unease, uneasiness, watchfulness, willies, worriment |
| Antonyms: | assurance, calmness, composure, contentment, ease, happiness, nonchalance, peace, tranquility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | apply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be appropriate, relevant |
| Synonyms: | affect, allude, appertain, be applicable, be pertinent, bear upon, concern, connect, fit, involve, pertain, refer, regard, relate, suit, touch |
| Main Entry: | apprehension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anxiety, fear |
| Synonyms: | alarm, apprehensiveness, concern, disquiet, doubt, dread, foreboding, misgiving, mistrust, premonition, presage, presentiment, suspicion, trepidation, uneasiness, worry |
| Antonyms: | calmness, ease |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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