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. Henry Weisburg:

   The rally in bond prices might be due to a general rosy feeling, but there is no obvious legal basis for it, the euro bondholders do not obtain any concrete relief from this ruling.

2. Xue Shiwei:

   It would save on land but increase the complexity of the structure, and costs for concrete or steel would be higher.

3. Benjamin Shababo:

   We don’t have really concrete information, we’re all scared. It’s just really scary to process this in my head that possibly something really bad happened to them.

4. Laurent Fabius:

   There has to be concrete commitments on the enrichment activities allowed for length of the accord, including a phased reduction in the number of centrifuges at the underground site of Fordow and an efficient mechanism to restore sanctions if Iran does not respect its commitments.

5. Stevie Beer:

   A colleague out for lunch messaged to say there had been an incident on London Bridge and he was unable to cross back over the river. I went straight to the window and saw hundreds of people running off the bridge down Tooley Street, people looked so panicked. Stevie Beer was haunting. There were at least half a dozen police cars and halted buses. Our building is now on lockdown, but we've not been given any concrete information.