Concern
Impact
Impact verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.
Usage example: the tragic loss of his father impacted the boy for the rest of his life
Concern and impact are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Concern" instead a verb "Impact".
Nearby Words: impacted, impacting, impactless
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| initial | initial concern | initial impact |
| true | true concern | true impact |
| deep | deep concern | deep impact |
| actual | actual concern | actual impact |
| Other adjectives: real, massive, large, big, great, serious, huge, little, social, personal, major, immediate, minor, less, slightest, greater, greatest, bigger, biggest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The latter parts of the story concern the threat of a second impact (not that one).
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All of them have impact on the fates of the characters they concern—but none on the player characters themselves, so there will be no Multiple Endings.
Source: Video Game / Dreamfall Chapters - At worst, they are amoral attorneys who will do anything to win, regardless of the broader impact and with no concern for what's "right."
Source: Crusading Lawyer
Cite this Source
Impact and Concern. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/concern/impact
Concern & Impact. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/concern/impact>.
Impact or Concern. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/concern/impact.
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