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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
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