Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

concern

[kuhn-surn] / kənˈsɜrn /






Usage

What are other ways to say concern?

Concern implies an anxious sense of interest in something: concern over a friend's misfortune. Care suggests a heaviness of spirit caused by dread, or by the constant pressure of burdensome demands: Poverty weighs a person down with care. Worry is an active state of agitated uneasiness and restless apprehension: He was distracted by worry over the stock market.

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Families had expressed concern the forward-looking national review of services in Scotland would not take into account how they felt failed by the NHS.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

It is different outside biotech, where companies including health-tech concern Oura have postponed IPOs because they couldn’t command the terms they were seeking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Schiff said one of his constituents, identified only as Doug, wrote him a letter expressing concern about conditions aboard the ship after his son was medically evacuated due to a collapsed lung.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

This is not the first public health concern that prompted individuals to offer unproven medical solutions.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

He stops in the doorway, concern written over every inch of his face.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

In September, Altman said OpenAI did not aim to list on the stock market this year, citing concerns over the technology's safety that make it "an ill-advised moment" to go public.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Both main contracts were down around 0.7 percent Friday, though that is after they fell as much as four percent on concerns about increased Iranian strikes in the Strait of Hormuz.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

That is despite resistance from some Australians who have raised concerns about their environmental impact and the noise they create.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

He eventually asked Claude if there was a more powerful agent that could handle his children’s schedules—one that still addressed his privacy and security concerns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

So many of us, I was realizing, had the same struggles, the same concerns for our kids and worries about the future.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

"There are farmers really flailing away" and drastically concerned about fuel costs, Joe Logan, interim president of the Ohio Farmers Union, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Fremont High School student May Gutierrez, 17, said that although teachers are concerned about AI being used to plagiarize, they’re also using it themselves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Rules allow a limited discharge of sewage in periods of excess rain, but environmental groups remain concerned the levels pose a threat to wildlife and a health risk to swimmers.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

But it was a few, not a majority, and their fears were overridden by an originally concerned J. Robert Oppenheimer, the project’s director, after consulting with other scientists and reviewing their calculations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

"It is pointless to be concerned with anything other than the task at hand."

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

There have also been letters to Sir Chris from members of the Protestant community concerning Garvaghy Road, external, a group of MPs, external and Members of Congress in the US, external.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

It’s concerning how much data these agents need—and nudge you to share—to be truly helpful.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

When his symptoms became especially concerning one day, he went to the Emergency Department.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

And "measles is particularly concerning, with more than 22,000 suspected cases and 128 deaths reported this year", Heinzelmann said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

Mrs. Pontellier’s mind was quite at rest concerning the present material needs of her children, and she could not see the use of anticipating and making winter night garments the subject of her summer meditations.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin




Vocabulary lists containing concern


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training