Our plans are not yet concrete.
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Concrete
/ˈkɒnkɹiːt/
Synonyms for "concrete" (422 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (85)
absoluteactualadamantadobeagglomerateagglomerationappreciableashlarasphaltassociateauthenticbitumenbituminous macadamblacktopblockbodybona fidebonebonybracket
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brecciabrickbricks and mortarbunchcakecandycanvascarpetcarpetingcausewaycementcementalcertainclabberclapboardclear-cutclinkercloseclose-knitclose-texturedclose-wovenclotclumpclustercoagulatecoalescecobblecobblestonecombinecompactcompactedcompoundcompressedconcentratedconcretioncondensecondensedcongealcongestedconglomerateconglomerationconnectconsolidatedcork tilecorneouscouplecovering materialscrammedcrammed fullcrowded
Adjective(4 words)
Noun(10 words)
actualizingcementcement basedcement mixclarifyclearconcretesconcretizeconstruction materialconstructive proof
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (126)
crystallizecurbcurbingcurbstonecurdcurdledefineddefinitedefinitivedensedetaileddeterminatediamonddiamondlikedifferentdistinctdistinguisheddrydureedgestone
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esotericespecialexceptionalexpressextraordinaryferroconcretefiber glassfirebrickfirmfixedflagflaggingflagstoneflintflintlikeflintyfloorflooringformicagelgelatinategelatinizegenuineglueygranitegranitelikegraniticgranulategravelgrouthardhard as nailshardenhardheartedheart of oakheavyhornyimpenetrableimpermeableincrassateindividualindividualisticindurateinnerinspissateintimateironiron-hardironlikejam packedjam-packedjammedjelljellifyjellyjoinkerbkerbstoneknotlapideouslath and plasterlinklinoleumliterallithoidlithoidallopperlumpmacadammarblemarblelikemasonitemasonrymassmassivemasticmaterial
Noun(20 words)
definedefinitedemonstratedurableexact wordingexampleexplicitfeltillustrationinstancelay concretelife-derived examplesmaterial aspectmaterial characteristicsmaterial culture itemmaterial descriptorsmaterial entitymaterial facetmaterial goodsmaterial object
Related words (211)
Noun(41 words)
material ofmaterial phasematerial resourcesmaterial statematerial worldmaterializematerializingmore actualmore physicalmost physicalnorwegian bokmål kroppsligobject orientedparticularizingpave with concreteperceived nounperceptible nounphysical activitiesphysical attributephysical changesphysical description
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Adjective(58 words)
material productmaterial samplemeasurable goalnonmathematical coursenonsymbolicphysical action planphysical assetphysical attributesphysical conceptphysical descriptorphysical effectphysical effortphysical entityphysical evidencephysical evidence recordphysical factorphysical feelingphysical interactionsphysical lawsphysical library
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physical manifestationphysical markerphysical matterphysical measure dataphysical modelphysical objectphysical occurrencephysical phenomenonphysical proofphysical proof of identityphysical resultphysical stabilitiesphysical substancephysical systemphysical thingsphysical tracephysical tracesphysical traitphysical workout schedulepragmatic performance rubricreal lifesolid samplesubstantive mattertangible benefitstangible evidencetangible exploration tasktangible featurestangible itemtangible materialtangible math toolstangible objecttangible physicalitytangible prooftangible propertiestangible propertytangible qualitytangible resultstangible thing
Verb(2 words)
metalminutemortarnailnailsnodenonporousnoteworthyoakobdurateosseouspackedpalpablepantilepaperpargetparquetparticularpavepavement
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pavestonepavingpaving materialpaving stonepebblepersonalphysicalplasterplasterboardplastersplywoodponderablepreciseprestressed concreteprivaterealrealisticreliableresistantresistiverespectiveroad metalrockrocklikerockyroofageroofingroofing paperroughcastsensibleserriedsetseveralshakesheathing boardsheetingshinglesidingsingularslatesolidsolid bodysolidifysolipsisticspecialspecificspun glasssteelsteellikesteelystonestonelikestonystuccosubstantialsubstantivesurfacetake a settangibletartar papertarmactarmacadamtarviathatchthickthick-growingthickenthicksettiletilestonetilingtoughunitevalidveneerviscidviscoseviscouswainscotingwallboardwallingwallpaperwashboardweatherboardwood
Determiner(4 words)
more physical tracemost physical effectmost physical tracethree dimensional object
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: absolute, actual, actual world, actualizing, adamant.
- Sentence evidence is available for concrete, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from moby, derived_reverse, opengloss.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "concrete".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "concrete"
Keep "concrete" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "concrete" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "concrete", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "concrete" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
17 entriesadjectivebuilding materialconstructconstruction materialcoverdescriptorexampleexpression stylegrammar termillustrationlanguage qualitylinguistic termmakepavementpavingpaving material
Showing 16 of 17 words.
More specific
28 entriescase in pointconcrete beamconcrete blockconcrete nounconcrete pillarconcrete slabconcrete vocabularycountable noundefine stepsdetail plangive detailshigh strength concreteillustratelay concretemeasurablepalpable
Showing 16 of 28 words.
Collocations
14 entriesconcrete blockconcrete dataconcrete detailconcrete evidenceconcrete exampleconcrete floorconcrete mixerconcrete planconcrete resultconcrete slabconcrete thinkingprecast concreteready mix concretereinforced concrete
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
8 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
7 entriesTranslations
194 translations across 83 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- beton noun (building material)
Albanian
1 entries- beton noun (building material)
Arabic
2 entries- مَادِّيّ adj (not abstract)
- خَرَسَانَة noun (building material)
Armenian
1 entries- բետոն noun (building material)
Asturian
1 entries- formigón noun (building material)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- beton noun (building material)
Basque
1 entries- hormigoi noun (building material)
Belarusian
4 entries- канкрэ́тны adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- пэ́ўны adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- рэа́льны adj (not abstract)
- сапра́ўдны adj (not abstract)
Bengali
1 entries- কংক্রিট noun (building material)
Breton
2 entries- beton noun (building material)
- betoñs noun (building material)
Bulgarian
4 entries- действителен adj (not abstract)
- конкретен adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- определен adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- реален adj (not abstract)
Burmese
1 entries- ကွန်ကရစ် noun (building material)
Catalan
3 entries- concret adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- concret adj (not abstract)
- formigó noun (building material)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏰᏍᏛᏗ noun (building material)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 具體的 /具体的 adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- 具體的 /具体的 adj (not abstract)
- 切實的 /切实的 adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- 混凝土 noun (building material)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- beton noun (building material)
Czech
3 entries- konkrétní adj (not abstract)
- srostitý adj (not abstract)
- beton noun (building material)
Danish
3 entries- konkret adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- konkret adj (not abstract)
- beton noun (building material)
Dutch
3 entries- concreet adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- concreet adj (not abstract)
- beton noun (building material)
Esperanto
4 entries- konkreta adj (not abstract)
- palpebla adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- reala adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- betono noun (building material)
Estonian
2 entries- konkreetne adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- betoon noun (building material)
Faroese
1 entries- betong noun (building material)
Finnish
4 entries- konkreettinen adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- konkreettinen adj (not abstract)
- kouriintuntuva adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- kouriintuntuva adj (not abstract)
French
3 entries- concret adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- concret adj (not abstract)
- béton noun (building material)
Galician
1 entries- formigón noun (building material)
Georgian
1 entries- ბეტონი noun (building material)
German
4 entries- bestimmt adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- genau adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- konkret adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- konkret adj (not abstract)
Greek
3 entries- συγκεκριμένος adj (not abstract)
- υλικός adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- σκυρόδεμα noun (building material)
Greenlandic
1 entries- betonngi noun (building material)
Hebrew
1 entries- בֶּטוֹן noun (building material)
Hindi
1 entries- कंक्रीट noun (building material)
Hungarian
3 entries- konkrét adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- konkrét adj (not abstract)
- beton noun (building material)
Hunsrik
1 entries- Konkrett noun (building material)
Icelandic
2 entries- steinsteypa noun (building material)
- steypa noun (building material)
Indonesian
3 entries- konkret adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- beton noun (building material)
- corcoran noun (building material)
Irish
1 entries- coincréit noun (building material)
Italian
4 entries- concreto adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- concreto adj (not abstract)
- reale adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- reale adj (not abstract)
Japanese
3 entries- 具体的 adj (not abstract)
- 実際の adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- コンクリート noun (building material)
Javanese
1 entries- beton noun (building material)
Jeju
1 entries- 공거리 noun (building material)
Kazakh
1 entries- бетон noun (building material)
Khmer
1 entries- បេតុង noun (building material)
Korean
1 entries- 콘크리트 noun (building material)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- бетон noun (building material)
Lao
1 entries- ຄອນກີດ noun (building material)
Latin
4 entries- concretus adj (not abstract)
- corporalis adj (not abstract)
- caementicium noun (building material)
- opus caementicium noun (building material)
Latvian
3 entries- konkrēts adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- konkrēts adj (not abstract)
- betons noun (building material)
Lithuanian
1 entries- betonas noun (building material)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Bëtong noun (building material)
Macedonian
3 entries- конкретен adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- определен adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- бетон noun (building material)
Malay
4 entries- ketara adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- konkret adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- konkrit adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- utuh adj (particular, perceivable, real)
Malayalam
3 entries- മൂർത്ത adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- മൂർത്ത adj (not abstract)
- കോൺക്രീറ്റ് noun (building material)
Maltese
1 entries- konkos noun (building material)
Minangkabau
1 entries- beton noun (building material)
Mongolian
3 entries- бодит adj (not abstract)
- тодорхой adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- бетон noun (building material)
Māori
1 entries- raima noun (building material)
Norwegian
2 entries- konkret adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- konkret adj (not abstract)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- betong noun (building material)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- konkret adj (not abstract)
- betong noun (building material)
Persian
1 entries- بتن noun (building material)
Polish
3 entries- konkretny adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- konkretny adj (not abstract)
- beton noun (building material)
Portuguese
3 entries- concreto adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- betão noun (building material)
- concreto noun (building material)
Romanian
3 entries- concret adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- concret adj (not abstract)
- beton noun (building material)
Russian
4 entries- действи́тельный adj (not abstract)
- конкре́тный adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- определённый adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- реа́льный adj (not abstract)
Samogitian
1 entries- vakna noun (building material)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- rudail adj (not abstract)
- cruadhtan noun (building material)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- beton noun (building material)
- бетон noun (building material)
Sicilian
4 entries- cuncritu adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- cuncritu adj (not abstract)
- riali adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- riali adj (not abstract)
Slovak
4 entries- hmatateľný adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- konkrétny adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- ozajstný adj (not abstract)
- reálny adj (particular, perceivable, real)
Slovene
1 entries- beton noun (building material)
Spanish
4 entries- concreto adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- concreto adj (not abstract)
- concreto noun (building material)
- garujo noun (building material)
Swahili
1 entries- zege noun (building material)
Swedish
4 entries- konkret adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- konkret adj (not abstract)
- påtaglig adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- betong noun (building material)
Tajik
1 entries- бетон noun (building material)
Thai
1 entries- คอนกรีต noun (building material)
Turkish
3 entries- somut adj (not abstract)
- beton noun (building material)
- dongu noun (building material)
Turkmen
1 entries- beton noun (building material)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ді́йсний adj (not abstract)
- конкре́тний adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- пе́вний adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- реа́льний adj (not abstract)
Urdu
1 entries- کنکریٹ noun (building material)
Uzbek
1 entries- beton noun (building material)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bê tông noun (building material)
Yiddish
3 entries- קאָנקרעט adj (particular, perceivable, real)
- קאָנקרעט adj (not abstract)
- בעטאָן noun (building material)
Yoruba
1 entries- kankéré noun (building material)
Sample sentences
80 total sentences available.
A committee should apply the focus to the more concrete problem.
Source: tatoeba (28254)
If the demolition of buildings is uncontrolled, a fine city is in danger of becoming nothing more than a concrete jungle.
Source: tatoeba (30858)
Fires are less frightening today than they once were, because more and more houses are built of concrete, and concrete houses do not burn as easily as the old wooden ones.
Source: tatoeba (32793)
Showing 4 of 80 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "concrete"?
Closest matches include absolute, actual, actual world, actualizing, adamant.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "concrete"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.