| Main Entry: | cumber |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hamper |
Synonyms: |
burden, delay, encumber, hinder, hold back, impede, inhibit, load, obstruct, oppress, overload, saddle, slow down, tax, trouble, weigh down |
| Main Entry: | burden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encumber, strain |
Synonyms: |
afflict, bear down on, bother, crush, cumber, depress, dish it out, dish out, dump on, encumber, give it to, hamper, handicap, hinder, impede, lade, load, make heavy, obligate, oppress, overcharge, overload, overwhelm, pile, press, saddle with, snow under, snow*, stick it to, strain, tax, trouble, try, vex, weigh down, worry |
Antonyms: |
aid, help, relieve |
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | load, tax |
Synonyms: |
afflict, burden, choke, clog, commit, cram, crowd, cumber, encumber, entrust, fill, heap, impregnate, instill, lade, pack, penetrate, permeate, pervade, pile, ram, saddle, saturate, suffuse, transfuse, weigh |
| Main Entry: | hamper |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | impede, restrict |
Synonyms: |
baffle, balk, bar, bind, block, check, clog, cramp, cramp one's style, cumber, curb, drag one's feet, embarrass, encumber, entangle, fetter, foil, frustrate, get in the way, hamstring, handicap, hang up, hinder, hobble, hog-tie, hold up, inconvenience, inhibit, interfere with, leash, obstruct, prevent, restrain, retard, shackle, slow down, stymie, thwart, tie, tie one's hands, tie up, trammel |
Antonyms: |
aid, allow, assist, encourage, expedite, help, permit, promote |
| Main Entry: | load |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden, pressure |
Synonyms: |
affliction, albatross, care, charge, cumber, deadweight, drag, drain, duty, encumbrance, excess baggage, incubus, liability, millstone, obligation, onus, oppression, responsibility, task, tax, trouble, trust, weight, worry |
Antonyms: |
benefit, blessing |
| Main Entry: | lumber |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burden |
Synonyms: |
charge, cumber, encumber, impose upon, lade, land, load, saddle, tax, weigh |
| Notes: | what American call lumber, Britons call timber; timbre refers to the quality of sound |
Antonyms: |
relieve, unburden |
| Main Entry: | press |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | push on with force |
Synonyms: |
bear down, bear heavily, bulldoze, clasp, compress, condense, constrain, crowd, crush, cumber, depress, embrace, enfold, express, finish, flatten, force down, hold, hug, impel, iron, jam, level, mangle, mash, mass, move, pack, pile, pin down, ram, reduce, scrunch, shove, smooth, squash, squeeze, squish, steam, stuff, thrust, unwrinkle, weigh |
Antonyms: |
pull |
| Main Entry: | tax |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burden |
Synonyms: |
charge, cumber, drain, encumber, enervate, exhaust, lade, load, make demands on, oppress, overburden, overtax, overuse, overwork, press hard on, pressure, prey on, push, put pressure on, saddle, sap, strain, stress, stretch, task, tire, try, weaken, wear out, weary, weigh, weigh down, weigh heavily on, weight |
Antonyms: |
unburden |
| Main Entry: | weigh |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have influence |
Synonyms: |
be heavy, be important, be influential, be something, burden, carry weight, charge, count, cumber, cut, cut some ice, import, impress, lade, matter, mean, militate, press, pull, register, saddle, show, signify, stack up against, tax, tell |
| Main Entry: | weigh down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depress |
Synonyms: |
bear down, burden, cumber, get down, hold down, oppress, overburden, overload, press, press down, prey on, pull down, sadden, task, trouble, weigh upon, weight, worry |
Antonyms: |
cheer, delight, please |