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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. Prashant Agarwal:

    In our day to day life we go through various activities which may involve high work pressure and high workload and as per us, we feel that this burden of work is resulting in causing frustration. Though we don't realize that it is not the workload which causes this frustration and annoyance but rather it is our negligence in the proper management of that work. If you avoid mismanagement of your work and duties you are likely to face frustration, annoyance, and grievance much lesser.

  2. Mrs Messmer:

    ‘I assure you that I will do my best to tell everyone who I speak to about the play how Fritz really was. Do you actually believe that an idiot could ever become a doctor or a dentist? I don’t. Have you ever thought about why Fritz became a complainer during the hiding period? Until the betrayal, you and the van Pels family were all together and could share your burden. Fritz was a stranger among you. Certainly you must have known how much he worried about his wife. He was all alone.’

  3. Aaron Fritschner:

    The IRS enforcement funding in the Inflation Reduction Act is something Congressman Beyer feels strongly is needed to restore declining customer service, get working Americans their tax refunds in a timely manner, and prevent wealthy people and large corporations from avoiding their fair share of the tax burden, tax avoidance costs the country many billions of dollars every year, and that revenue gap hurts everyone else.

  4. Yusuke Tsugawa:

    The structural racism may at least partially explain our findings. For example, Black patients living in neighborhoods with predominantly Black residents tend to live close to hospitals that lack resources to provide high quality healthcare, it is possible that Black men in particular face especially high cumulative amounts of stress and allostatic load, which refers to the cumulative burden of chronic stress and life events, potentially leading to a higher death rate after surgery among this population.

  5. Dontae Sharpe:

    I'm free now, and the burden of carrying around that felony reputation of being a killer or murder, it was gone, my family name has been cleared. Man, you know, it feels good.


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