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Synonyms for burden
ˈbɜr dnbur·den

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English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 2 votes

  1. burdennoun

    A burden (from the Anglo-Saxon byrthen, from the verb beran, bear) is what one has to bear, and the word is used always of that which is borne by a living agent. A load (from the Anglo-Saxon lād, a way, course, carrying, or carriage) is what is laid upon a person, animal, or vehicle for conveyance, or what is customarily so imposed; as, a two-horse load. Weight measures the pressure due to gravity; the same weight that one finds a moderate load when in his full strength becomes a heavy burden in weariness or weakness. A ship's load is called distinctively a cargo, or it may be known as freight or lading. Freight denotes merchandise in or for transportation and is used largely of transportation or of merchandise transported by rail, which is, in commercial language, said to be "shipped." A load to be fastened upon a horse or mule is called a pack, and the animal is known as a pack-horse or pack-mule.

    Synonyms:
    cargo, charge, clog, encumbrance, freight, incubus, lading, load, pack, weight

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 2 votes

  1. burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onusnoun

    an onerous or difficult concern

    "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"

    Synonyms:
    preventive, lading, incumbrance, preventative, interference, payload, core, consignment, freight, lode, hitch, onus, gist, effect, loading, hinderance, cargo, essence, encumbrance, load, shipment, hindrance, warhead

    Antonyms:
    disburden, unburden

  2. load, loading, burdennoun

    weight to be borne or conveyed

    Synonyms:
    lading, incumbrance, payload, core, consignment, freight, lode, onus, gist, effect, loading, cargo, essence, encumbrance, load, shipment, warhead

    Antonyms:
    disburden, unburden

  3. effect, essence, burden, core, gistnoun

    the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

    Synonyms:
    substance, loading, perfume, meat, centre, center, consequence, core, marrow, load, sum, impression, event, heart and soul, core group, upshot, effect, nub, kernel, nitty-gritty, gist, inwardness, pith, heart, nucleus, onus, essence, magnetic core, outcome, encumbrance, issue, force, incumbrance, result

    Antonyms:
    unburden, disburden

  4. burdenverb

    the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse

    Synonyms:
    incumbrance, effect, onus, loading, essence, encumbrance, gist, core, load

    Antonyms:
    disburden, unburden

  5. burden, burthen, weight, weight downverb

    weight down with a load

    Synonyms:
    slant, saddle, weight, weight down, burthen, angle, charge

    Antonyms:
    unburden, disburden

  6. charge, saddle, burdenverb

    impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

    "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, charge, consign, accuse, point, file, bill, tear, level, burthen, blame, load, bear down, commit, weight, charge up, excite, lodge, weight down, send

    Antonyms:
    disburden, unburden

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. burdennoun

    Synonyms:
    load, weight

  2. burdennoun

    Synonyms:
    cargo, freight, lading

  3. burdennoun

    Synonyms:
    incumbrance, clog, impediment, incubus, drag weight, dead weight

  4. burdennoun

    Synonyms:
    chorus, refrain

  5. burdenverb

    Synonyms:
    load, overload, overlay, oppress, surcharge, put a burden upon

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. burdennoun

    Synonyms:
    load, cargo, incubus, encumbrance, weight, impediment, trial, oppression, chorus, refrain

  2. burdenverb

    Synonyms:
    encumber, load, surcharge, oppress

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How to use burden in a sentence?

  1. Med Jones:

    Countries that quit producing real products, spend more than they produce, lag in education, burden their middle class with higher taxes, and continue to import billions from other countries, bail out failed businesses and reward bad behavior instead of investing in good businesses, will eventually lose their leadership and wealth

  2. Timothy Kaldas:

    I imagine that’s what they are negotiating now, who is going to have to give up what, and where does the burden fall.

  3. Stephen Lesrumat:

    It has reduced the burden of travelling outside the county to get rid of medical waste.

  4. John Bunyan:

    Nothing can render affliction so insupportable as the load of sin. Would you then be fitted for afflictions? Be sure to get the burden of your sins laid aside, and then what affliction soever you may meet with will be very easy to you.

  5. Uppink Calderwood:

    Carriers alone aren't going to be able to carry the cost burden, if they were to commit to purchasing the fuel they wouldn't be able to sustain their business.


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