concerns

Matters of importance

Concerns, as a noun, are matters that engage someone's attention, interest, or care, often because they involve worry or responsibility.

A business or organization may also be called a concern.

The verb concern means to relate to or affect someone: This matter doesn't concern you.

If something concerns you, it causes worry or unease.

To concern yourself with something is to take an active interest in it.

Concerned can mean worried I'm concerned about her health or involved all concerned parties were notified.

worry

anxiety

Persistent apprehensive distress

dread · nervousness · unease · trepidation · restlessness · misgiving · foreboding · tension · alarm · distress

involvement

engagement

Commitment to wed or attend

connection · role · relevance · bearing · relation · pertinence · association · implication · affair · matter

care

compassion

Concern for others' distress

kindness · attentiveness · consideration · tenderness · sympathy · solicitude · affection · devotion · looking after · welfare

issue

matter

Space-occupying substance with mass

  • affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
  • problemMatter requiring resolution
  • questionRequest for information

subject · topic · point · case · situation · circumstance · consideration · factor · aspect · element

business

enterprise

Commercial undertaking or initiative

venture · operation · establishment · outfit · conglomerate · subsidiary · consortium · holding · organization · undertaking

Categories
Opposites
worry/anxiety

concernsreassurances

Statements restoring confidence

comforts · reliefs · pleasures · consolations · contentments

interest/care

concernsindifference

Lack of interest

apathy · unconcern · disinterest · detachment · detachments

relevance/pertinence

concernsirrelevancies

Unconnected, unimportant matters

non-issues · trivialities · inconsequentialities

Phrases
Family

concern, concerned, concerning, unconcerned, unconcern, disconcert, disconcerting, concernedly, overconcerned

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