Synonyms for concrete
ˈkɒn krit, ˈkɒŋ-, kɒnˈkrit, kɒŋ-con·crete

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1. concreteadjective

   To cover with or encase in concrete; often constructed as concrete over.

   I hate grass, so I concreted over my lawn.

   Synonyms:
   tangible

   Antonyms:
   intangible

2. concreteadjective

   Not abstract.

   Once arrested, I realized that handcuffs are concrete, even if my concept of what is legal wasn’t.

   Synonyms:
   tangible

   Antonyms:
   intangible, abstract

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1. concrete

   Synonyms:
   firm, compact, consolidated, indurated, embodied, particularized

   Antonyms:
   loose, sloppy, luteous, shifting, boggy, swampy, yielding, unresisting, abstract, generalize

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1. concreteadjective

   a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water

   Antonyms:
   liquid, ideological, ideational, conceptional, conceptual, notional, ideologic, gaseous, ideal, abstract

2. concreteadjective

   capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary

   "concrete objects such as trees"

   Antonyms:
   conceptual, ideal, ideational, liquid, notional, ideological, conceptional, gaseous, abstract, ideologic

3. concreteverb

   formed by the coalescence of particles

   Antonyms:
   ideological, liquid, ideologic, notional, conceptual, conceptional, abstract, ideational, ideal, gaseous

4. concreteverb

   cover with cement

   "concrete the walls"

   Antonyms:
   gaseous, ideal, liquid, ideologic, ideational, conceptional, notional, abstract, ideological, conceptual

5. concreteverb

   form into a solid mass; coalesce

   Antonyms:
   liquid, ideal, notional, ideational, abstract, ideologic, conceptual, gaseous, conceptional, ideological

Matched Categories

1. • Cover
   • Solidify

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1. concreteverb

   Synonyms:
   solidify, harden, cake, become firm or solid, be consolidated

2. concreteadjective

   Synonyms:
   firm, solid, solidified, consolidated, compact

3. concreteadjective

   Synonyms:
   not abstract, not general, restricted to a particular subject (as a qualifying term to its noun)

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1. concreteadjective

   Synonyms:
   solidified, consolidated, specific, special, particular

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1. List of paraphrases for "concrete":

   specific, tangible, practical, cement, particular, definite, real, actual, precise, action-oriented, substantive, factual, substantial

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How to use concrete in a sentence?

1. Matthew Friedell:

   In active or simulated combat environments, we don’t want Marines out there swinging hammers and holding plywood up, having a concrete printer that can make buildings on demand is a huge advantage for Marines operating down range.

2. Charles Burkett:

   Early results on the concrete is that the concrete strength is very good, at or beyond the levels at which it should be.

3. Moon Jae-in:

   We'd like to build on these efforts as well as the actions of the United Nations to pursue complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization, we three nations need to stay in close touch with international society and demand that North Korea take concrete moves. This is essential.

4. Paul Ryan:

   If a summit is to be reconstituted, the US must show strength [and] achieve a concrete, verifiable, enduring elimination of Kim Jong-Un’s nuclear capabilities.

5. Oleksiy Kuleba:

   Many streets have been turned into a mush of steel and concrete. People have been hiding for weeks in basements, and are afraid to go out even for evacuations.