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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance |
| Synonyms: | concern, consequence, import, magnitude, relevance, significance, significancy, weight, weightiness |
| Main Entry: | concernment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | worry |
| Synonyms: | anguish, anxiety, apprehension, concern, distress, solicitousness, solicitude, uneasiness |
| Main Entry: | concern |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interest; anxiety |
| Synonyms: | apprehension, attention, bearing, care, carefulness, concernment, consideration, disquiet, disquietude, distress, heed, heedfulness, important matter, matter, reference, regard, relation, relevance, solicitude, tender loving care, unease, worry |
| Antonyms: | disinterest, unconcern |
| Main Entry: | disquiet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | worry; mental upset |
| Synonyms: | ailment, alarm, angst, anxiety, care, concern, concernment, disquietude, distress, disturbance, fear, ferment, foreboding, fretfulness, inquietude, nervousness, restiveness, restlessness, solicitude, storm, trouble, turmoil, uneasiness, unrest |
| Antonyms: | calm, collectedness, ease, peace |
| Main Entry: | importance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | significance, weight |
| Synonyms: | accent, attention, bearing, caliber, concern, concernment, consequence, denotation, distinction, drift*, effect, emphasis, force, gist*, gravity, import, influence, interest, materiality, moment, momentousness, notability, paramountcy, point, precedence, preponderance, preponderancy, priority, purport, relevance, sense, seriousness, signification, standing, stress, substance, tenor, usefulness, value, weightiness |
| Antonyms: | insignificance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attraction, curiosity |
| Synonyms: | absorption, activity, affection, attentiveness, care, case, concern, concernment, consequence, diversion, engrossment, enthusiasm, excitement, game, hobby, importance, interestedness, into, leisure activity, matter, moment, note, notice, passion, pastime, preoccupation, pursuit, racket, recreation, regard, relaxation, relevance, significance, sport, suspicion, sympathy, thing |
| Antonyms: | apathy, boredom, disinterest, indifference |
| Main Entry: | solicitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | worry, anxiety |
| Synonyms: | TLC, attention, attentiveness, care, compunction, concern, concernment, considerateness, consideration, disquiet, disquietude, heed, presentiment, qualm, regard, scruple, tender loving care, unease, uneasiness, watchfulness |
| Antonyms: | calm, contentedness, ease, peacefulness |
| Main Entry: | germaneness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | relevance |
| Synonyms: | applicability, application, appositeness, aptness, bearing, concernment, fitness, materiality, pertinence, pertinency, propriety, relevancy, suitability, suitableness, usefulness |
| Main Entry: | interestedness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | concern |
| Synonyms: | apprehension, attention, bearing, care, carefulness, concernment, consideration, disquiet, disquietude, distress, heed, heedfulness, interest, regard, relation, relevance, solicitude, tender loving care, unease, worry |
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