Synonyms of concerning

concerning 1 of 2

preposition

kən-ˈsər-niŋ 

as in regarding

having to do with

we had a meeting with the principal today concerning the new policy on student-run organizations

Synonyms & Similar Words

• regarding
• about
• on
• of
• towards
• toward
• respecting
• with regard to
• with respect to
• in regard to
• touching
• as for
• in view of
• as regards
• as respects
• in respect to
• as to
• apropos
• as far as
• apropos of
• over

concerning

2 of 2

verb

present participle of concern

1

as in covering

to have (something) as a subject matter

the book concerns the challenges faced by children growing up in single-parent households

Synonyms & Similar Words

• covering
• including
• pertaining (to)
• specifying
• presenting
• dealing (with)
• treating (of)
• containing
• encompassing
• offering
• mentioning
• relating (to)
• having to do with
• citing
• noting
• referring (to)
• bearing (on or upon)
• incorporating
• noticing
• alluding (to)
• touching (upon)
• naming
• appertaining (to)
• quoting
• glancing (upon)
• entailing
• adverting (to)
• embracing
• instancing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• excluding
• omitting
• ignoring
• disregarding
• forgetting
• neglecting
• overlooking
• passing over
• rejecting
• brushing (aside or off)
• slurring (over)
• slighting
• overpassing
• shrugging off

2

as in affecting

to be the business or affair of

the problems of air and water pollution that concern all of us

Synonyms & Similar Words

• affecting
• involving
• touching
• relating (to)
• pertaining (to)
• applying (to)
• bearing (on)
• referring (to)
• appertaining (to)
• implicating
• embroiling
• ensnaring
• entangling

3

as in bothering

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy

we were greatly concerned by reports that yet another previously unknown virus is now posing a threat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bothering
• disturbing
• alarming
• worrying
• distracting
• plaguing
• agitating
• unsettling
• angering
• upsetting
• distressing
• haunting
• disquieting
• perturbing
• discomforting
• annoying
• dismaying
• exercising
• ailing
• derailing
• undoing
• confusing
• irritating
• discomposing
• unhinging
• rattling
• freaking (out)
• bugging
• embarrassing
• distempering
• flurrying
• aggravating
• fussing
• weirding out
• exasperating
• discouraging
• hagriding
• harassing
• vexing
• alaruming
• pestering
• irking
• frazzling
• harrying
• disconcerting
• fretting
• bedeviling
• nettling
• piquing
• chivvying
• riling
• galling
• getting
• putting off
• putting out
• chafing
• chivying
• mortifying
• confounding
• discountenancing
• flustering
• grating
• peeving
• discomfiting
• disheartening
• jarring
• shaking up
• unnerving
• nonplussing
• nonplusing
• dispiriting
• daunting
• demoralizing
• abashing
• fazing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• composing
• settling
• quieting
• soothing
• calming
• alleviating
• tranquilizing
• allaying
• assuaging
• tranquillizing
• conciliating
• propitiating
• appeasing
• placating
• pacifying
• mollifying