concentrating

ADJECTIVE

intent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

decided hell-bent preoccupied resolved

STRONG

alert attending bent bound deep eager earnest firm set steady watching

WEAK

absorbed attentive committed concentrated decisive engaged engrossed enthusiastic fixed immersed industrious intense minding occupied piercing rapt riveted settled steadfast watchful wrapped-up

Antonyms

STRONG

flexible indefinite soft trivial unconcerned undecided unenthusiastic unfixed unstable weak

WEAK

distracted irresolute

ADJECTIVE

listening

Synonyms

STRONG

accepting attending hearkening heeding interested receiving

WEAK

attentive paying attention

Antonyms

WEAK

inattentive indifferent

NOUN

conception

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appreciation conceit concept impression interpretation notion perception realization

STRONG

apperception apprehension clue cognition comprehension consideration design dreaming explanation exposition fancy image inkling intellection meditation musing philosophizing picture plan representation speculation thought version

WEAK

cogitating communing considering deliberating envisaging fancying imagining meditating mental grasp speculating

Antonyms

STRONG

concrete fact ignorance misunderstanding reality truth

WEAK

abortion being death

Example Sentences

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Michelle Pfeiffer’s return to series television after years of concentrating on feature films and her family has paid off in a big way.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2026

“Premium tiers sell out and premium prices rise because high-quality engagement demand is concentrating in a scarce set of premium acts,” the analysts said.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 2, 2026

New superconducting magnets, capable of further concentrating the particle beams, will be installed to increase the number of collisions.

From Barron's • Jun. 27, 2026

Andrew Burstein’s “Being Thomas Jefferson” is a biography with the history dialed down, concentrating on Jefferson’s thoughts, personality, relationships and milieu.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

I am concentrating on the way the light suggests air.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson

concentrating

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