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Words related to burden

Related / Similar Words: load, loading, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus, effect, essence, core, gist, charge, saddle, burthen, weight, weight down

Definition:

weight to be borne or conveyed;

an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that''s a load off my mind";

the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse;

the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work;

impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend";

weight down with a load;

Hyponyms: burthen, dead load, live load, superload, millstone, overload, overburden, dead weight, fardel, imposition, pill, bear down, overwhelm, deluge, flood out, adjure, plumb, saddle

Derivational Morphology: burthen, weight, weight down, load, lade, laden, load up, charge, saddle, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus, mission, commission, loading

Anagrams: burned

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