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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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