Burden
10 thesaurus results for: burden
Synonym Collection v1.1
| Main Entry: | burden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Synonyms: | burdened, burdensome, cumbersome, cumbrous, encumbered, formidable, grievous, impedimental, impeditive, impregnated, obstructive, onerous, oppressed, oppressive, overpowering, ponderous |
Synonym Collection v1.1
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | burden |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | Something carried physically. |
| Synonyms: | cargo, freight, haul, load |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | burden |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | Something hard to bear physically or emotionally. |
| Synonyms: | affliction, cross, trial, tribulation |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | burden |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | A duty or responsibility that is a source of anxiety, worry, or hardship. |
| Synonyms: | millstone, onus, tax, weight |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
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Synonym Collection v1.1
| Main Entry: | burden |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Synonyms: | albatross, cargo, chorus, duty, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, impediment, imposition, incubus, infliction, load, millstone, obligation, obstacle, onus, onus probandi, oppression, perplexity, refrain, responsibility, task, trial, weight |
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Synonym Collection v1.1
| Main Entry: | burden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Synonyms: | afflict, aggravate, albatross, bother, capacity, care, cargo, charge, clog, debt, duty, encumber, freight, grievance, hamper, handicap, hinder, impede, impedimenta, imposition, lade, load, millstone, onus, oppress, overhead, pile, saddle, strain, stress, surcharge, tax, trouble, try, vex, weight, worry |
Synonym Collection v1.1
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To place a burden or heavy load on. |
| Synonyms: | cumber, encumber, freight, lade, load, saddle, tax, weight |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | duty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | An act or course of action that is demanded of one, as by position, custom, law, or religion. |
| Synonyms: | charge, commitment, imperative, must, need, obligation, responsibility |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | import |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | The general sense or significance, as of an action or statement. |
| Synonyms: | amount, drift, purport, substance, tenor, sum and substance, sum total |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | thrust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | The thread or current of thought uniting or occurring in all the elements of a text or discourse. |
| Synonyms: | aim, drift, intent, meaning, purport, substance, tendency, tenor |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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