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albatross - 15 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | albatross |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden |
| Synonyms: | disgrace, load, millstone, misery, woe, cross to bear |
| Main Entry: | burden |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental weight; stress |
| Synonyms: | Herculean task, accountability, affliction, albatross*, anxiety, ball and chain, blame, care, charge, clog, concern, deadweight, difficulty, duty, encumbrance, excess baggage, grievance, hardship, hindrance, load, millstone, misfortune, mishap, obstruction, onus, punishment, responsibility, sorrow, strain, task, tax, thorn in one's side, trial, trouble, weary load, work, worry |
| Antonyms: | aid, help, relief |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | debt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money owed to others |
| Synonyms: | IOU, albatross*, arrears, bad news*, baggage*, bill, bite*, capital, check, chit*, claim, commitment, credit, cuff*, damage*, debenture, debit, deficit, due, dues, duty, encumbrance, in the red, indebtedness, invoice, liability, manifest, mortgage, note, obligation, price tag*, promissory note, receipt, reckoning, responsibility, score, tab, tally, voucher, arrearage, below the line, dead horse, in hock, in the hole, outstandings, red ink |
| Antonyms: | asset, cash, credit, excess, profit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | encumbrance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden |
| Synonyms: | albatross, ball and chain, cross, debt, duty, guilt, handicap, hindrance, impediment, load, millstone, monkey on one's back, obstruction, responsibility, saddle, thorn in one's side, weight, worry |
| Main Entry: | hindrance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstruction, difficulty |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22*, albatross*, baggage*, ball and chain, bar, barrier, catch, check, clog, crimp, deterrent, drag, drawback, encumbrance, glitch*, gridlock, handicap, hang-up*, hitch, impediment, interference, interruption, intervention, joker, limitation, lock, millstone*, monkey wrench*, obstacle, restraint, restriction, snag, stoppage, stumbling block*, trammel, cumbrance, excess baggage, foot dragging, impedance, jam-up |
| Antonyms: | advance, aid, assistance, encouragement, expedition, help, promotion, push |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | millstone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden |
| Synonyms: | accountability, affliction, albatross*, anxiety, ball and chain, blame, charge, concern, cross, deadweight, difficulty, encumbrance, grievance, hardship, hindrance, load, mental weight, misfortune, onus, punishment, responsibility, strain, stress, task, thorn in one's side, trial, trouble, worry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tribulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pain, unhappiness |
| Synonyms: | adversity, affliction, albatross*, bad luck*, blow*, bummer*, burden, care, crucible*, curse, difficulty, distress, double whammy, downer*, drag*, grief, headache*, heartache*, misery, misfortune, oppression, ordeal, persecution, rainy day, reverse, sorrow, suffering, trial, trouble, vexation, visitation, woe, worry, wretchedness, cross to bear, hard knock, hard time, wronging |
| Antonyms: | calm, comfort, happiness, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | white elephant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expensive possession |
| Synonyms: | albatross, ball and chain, burden, burthen, more trouble than it's worth, onus |
| Main Entry: | responsibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accountability, blame |
| Synonyms: | albatross*, authority, burden, care, charge, constraint, contract, duty, encumbrance, engagement, fault, guilt, importance, incubus, liability, obligation, onus, pledge, power, rap, restraint, trust, amenability, answerability, boundness, culpability, holding the bag, incumbency, obligatoriness, subjection |
| Antonyms: | exemption, freedom, immunity, irresponsibility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | load |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden, pressure |
| Synonyms: | affliction, albatross, care, charge, drag, drain, duty, encumbrance, incubus, liability, millstone*, obligation, onus, oppression, responsibility, task, tax, trouble, trust, weight, worry, cumber, deadweight, excess baggage |
| Antonyms: | benefit, blessing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pressure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | demand, difficulty |
| Synonyms: | adversity, affliction, albatross*, burden, choke, clout, coercion, compulsion, confinement, constraint, crunch, discipline, distress, drag, duress, exigency, force, hardship, hassle, heat, hurry, influence, inside track*, load, misfortune, necessity, obligation, persuasion, power, press, pressure cooker, pull, requirement, strain, stress, sway, tension, trouble, urgency, weight, full court press, unnaturalness |
| Antonyms: | ease, facility, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical or mental pressure |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agony, alarm, albatross*, anxiety, burden, clutch, crunch, disquiet, disquietude, distention, draw, dread, expectancy, extension, fear, ferment, flutter, force, hardship, hassle, heat, impatience, intensity, misgiving, mistrust, nervousness, oppression, passion, pull, restlessness, spring, strain, stretch, tension, traction, trauma, trepidation, trial, urgency, worry, apprehensiveness, fearfulness, nervous tension, overextension, protraction, tautness, tenseness, tensity, tightness |
| Antonyms: | indifference, relaxation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tax |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden |
| Synonyms: | albatross*, charge, demand, difficulty, drain, duty, imposition, load, millstone*, onus, pressure, strain, task, weight, deadweight |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble, big problem |
| Synonyms: | adversity, affliction, albatross*, anguish, annoyance, bane, blow, bother, burden, care, complication, crucible*, difficulty, distress, drag*, grief, hardship, hassle*, heartbreak, inconvenience, irritation, load, misery, misfortune, nightmare, nuisance, ordeal, pain, pain in the neck*, pest, plague, rigor, sorrow, suffering, thorn, tribulation, unhappiness, vexation, vicissitude, visitation, woe, wretchedness, calvary, cross to bear, hard time, severe test, trying time |
| Antonyms: | happiness, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | weight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden |
| Synonyms: | albatross*, ball and chain, charge, duty, encumbrance, load, millstone*, onus, oppression, pressure, responsibility, strain, task, tax, cumber, cumbrance, deadweight, excess baggage |
| Antonyms: | advantage, benefit, pleasure, solution |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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