Concerned meaning

What does “concerned” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“concerned” is an adjective with 3 meanings. Its most common meaning is: feeling or showing worry or solicitude.

concerned

adjective

  1. feeling or showing worry or solicitude

    “concerned parents of youthful offenders”

    “was concerned about the future”

    Oppositesunconcerned
  2. involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in

    “a memorandum to those concerned”

    “an enterprise in which three men are concerned”

    Synonymsinterested
  3. culpably involved

    “all those concerned in the bribery case have been identified”

    “named three officials implicated in the plot”

    Synonymsimplicated

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University