concern
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 noun
something that interests you because it is important or affects you
the safety of the ship is the captain's concern
Types & categories
- interest hypernym
- worldly concern hyponym
- matter hyponym
- affairs hyponym
- part hyponym
- point of honor hyponym
Sense 2 verb
be relevant to
There were lots of questions referring to her talk
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- denotation derivation
- applicability derivation
- apposite derivation
- allude verb group
Sense 3 noun
an anxious feeling
care had aged him
Types & categories
- anxiety hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
be on the mind of
I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift
Related & opposite
- occupation derivation
- interest derivation
- worry derivation
- concern derivation
Sense 5 noun
a feeling of sympathy for someone or something
She felt strong concern for those less fortunate
Types & categories
- fellow feeling hypernym
- solicitude hyponym
- softheartedness hyponym
Related & opposite
- unconcern antonym
Sense 6 noun
something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
New York traffic is a constant concern
Types & categories
- negative stimulus hypernym
- bugaboo hyponym
- encumbrance hyponym
- business hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
he bought his brother's business
Types & categories
- enterprise hypernym
- agency hyponym
- brokerage hyponym
- common carrier hyponym
- chain hyponym
- firm hyponym
- dealership hyponym
- manufacturer hyponym
- partnership hyponym
- processor hyponym
- shipbuilder hyponym
- underperformer hyponym
Parts & wholes
- division member meronym
Related & opposite
- business enterprise domain topic
- shipping room has domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | interest |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | worldly concern |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | matter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | affairs |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | part |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | point of honor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | denotation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | applicability |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | apposite |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | allude |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | center |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | go for |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | involve |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | matter to |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | worry |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fear |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fear |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | interest |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | anxiety |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | occupation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | interest |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | worry |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | concern |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | unconcern |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | fellow feeling |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | solicitude |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | softheartedness |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | vex |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | worry |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | worry |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | interest |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | negative stimulus |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | bugaboo |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | encumbrance |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | business |
| 7 | domain topic | Related & opposite | business enterprise |
| 7 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | shipping room |
| 7 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | division |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | enterprise |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | agency |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | brokerage |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | common carrier |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | chain |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | firm |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | dealership |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | manufacturer |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | partnership |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | processor |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | shipbuilder |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | underperformer |