Burden

//ˈbɜːdn̩//

Synonyms for "burden" (470 found)

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Closest matches (94)

Verb(2 words)
burthencharge
Noun(2 words)
catchcore

Strong matches (141)

crosscrown of thornscrush onecrushing burdenculpabilitycumbercumbrancecursedeadweightdeathdecoratededicationdeferencedemanddepressdestructiondevelopmentdevoirdevotiondifficulty
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dirty handsdisadvantagediscomfortdiseasedisquietdistichdistressdisturbdittodivisiondragdrivedronedrone bassduties and responsibilitiesdutyeffectembarrassembarrassmentencumberencumbranceenjoinenmeshensnarlentangleentoilentrammelentrapentwineenvoiepodeessenceethicsevilexactexerciseexhaustexpositionfagfalderalfalsettofasten uponfealtyfetterfigurefillfocus of attentionfocus of interestfolderolfreightfreight withgallgall and wormwoodgistglue ongo hard withgo ill withgravamengriefgrievanceguiltguiltinessguilty consciencehamperhamstringhandicaphardshipharmharmonic closehaulhaunthaunt the memoryheadhead voiceheadingheapheap upheptastichhexastichhinderhitch onhobblehomageimpactimpeachabilityimpeachablenessimpedeimpedimentimpedimentaimperativeimplicationimposeimpose onimpose uponimpositioninconvenienceincubusinculpationincumbencyindictabilityindictablenessinfixinflict oninflict uponinflictioninterludeintermezzointroductory phraseinvolveinvolvementissuejoinjoin withkeep busyladelading

Related words (235)

lamelaylay onlevyliabilitylie onlimelimitlineline of dutyliving issueload with careloadingloyaltylumbermain pointmassmattermatter in handmeasure
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meatmillstonemiserymissionmonostichmotifmotivemovementmusical phrasemusical sentencemustnemesisnetnubbinnuisanceobligationobsessoctastichoctaveoctetonusopen woundoppressoppressionornamentottava rimaoughtoverburdenoverdriveoverloadovertaskovertaxovertaxingoverweighoverweightoverweightingoverworkpackpack awaypack of troublespartpassagepaste onpayloadpeccancypeck of troublespenaltypentastichperiodperturbpestpestilencephrasepilepithplaceplaguepluspocketpointpoint at issuepoint in questionpostfixpoundageprefixpress downpress hard uponpressurepreyprey onproblempurportpushputput downput onput to itput uponput withquantityquatrainquestionred-handednessrefrainrepeatrepetendreprehensibilityreproachablenessreprovabilityreprovablenessresolutionrespectresponseresponsibilityrest hard uponrhyme royalritornelloroomrubricrunning soresacksaddlesaddle withsaddlingscourgesea of troublessectionself-imposed dutysenseseptetsestetsetsextetshackleshipshiploadshortslap onsnarlsorrowspacespenserian stanzastackstaggerstanzastatementstavestickstorestowstowagestrainstrengthstressstrophesubjectsubject mattersubject of thoughtsubject tosubjoinsubstancesuffixsuperaddsuperincumbencysuperposesurchargesweatsyllabletack ontagtag ontailpiecetangletasktaxtaxingtercetterza rimatetrastichtextthemethornthrusttiretoiltonnagetopictormenttrailerloadtrainloadtrammeltrebletriplettristichtroubletruckloadtrytry onetuttitutti passageundersongunite withupsetupshotvanloadvariationversevexationvisitationvocevoce di pettovoce di testavoicevolumewaters of bitternesswear outwearyweighweigh downweigh heavy onweigh onweigh uponweightweight downweight down withwhite elephantwoeworkyoke with
Noun(3 words)
loadloadingonus

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8 relation types

More general

14 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

derived

24 entries

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has context

4 entries

is a

2 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

32 entries

Showing 16 of 32 words.

Translations

268 translations across 68 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • barr noun (heavy load)

Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • βάρημα noun (heavy load)
  • φόρημα noun (heavy load)
  • ἄχθος noun (heavy load)
  • καταβαρύνω verb (encumber)

Arabic

4 entries
  • حمل noun (heavy load)
  • حِمْل noun (heavy load)
  • حِمْل noun (responsibility, onus)
  • عِبْء noun (heavy load)

Armenian

3 entries
  • բեռ noun (heavy load)
  • բեռ noun (responsibility, onus)
  • բեռ noun (cause of worry)

Aromanian

4 entries
  • furtii noun (heavy load)
  • greatsã noun (heavy load)
  • griutati noun (heavy load)
  • sartsinã noun (heavy load)

Assamese

1 entries
  • বোজা noun (heavy load)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • бярэ́мя noun (heavy load)
  • бярэ́мя noun (responsibility, onus)
  • груз noun (heavy load)
  • но́ша noun (heavy load)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • бре́ме noun (responsibility, onus)
  • бреме noun (cause of worry)
  • те́жест noun (responsibility, onus)
  • това́р noun (heavy load)

Catalan

2 entries
  • carga noun (heavy load)
  • càrrega noun (heavy load)

Central Kurdish

3 entries
  • بار noun (responsibility, onus)
  • بار گرانی noun (heavy load)
  • بەڵا noun (cause of worry)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 負擔 /负担 noun (responsibility, onus)
  • 負荷 /负荷 noun (heavy load)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • брѣмѧ noun (responsibility, onus)

Czech

4 entries
  • břemeno noun (heavy load)
  • břemeno noun (responsibility, onus)
  • břímě noun (responsibility, onus)
  • náklad noun (heavy load)

Danish

4 entries
  • belastning noun (responsibility, onus)
  • byrde noun (heavy load)
  • byrde noun (responsibility, onus)
  • last noun (responsibility, onus)

Dutch

3 entries
  • last noun (heavy load)
  • bezwaren verb (encumber)
  • opgescheept zitten met verb (encumber)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • h:n:n-D41:D40 verb (encumber)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • ŝarĝo noun (heavy load)

Faroese

4 entries
  • burður noun (heavy load)
  • burður noun (responsibility, onus)
  • byrða noun (heavy load)
  • byrði noun (heavy load)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kuorma noun (heavy load)
  • riippa noun (responsibility, onus)
  • taakka noun (heavy load)
  • vastuu noun (responsibility, onus)

French

4 entries
  • charge noun (heavy load)
  • fardeau noun (heavy load)
  • fardeau noun (responsibility, onus)
  • fardeau noun (cause of worry)

Galician

4 entries
  • bruada noun (heavy load)
  • carga noun (heavy load)
  • carga noun (responsibility, onus)
  • carga noun (cause of worry)

German

4 entries
  • Belastung noun (heavy load)
  • Belastung noun (responsibility, onus)
  • Burdi noun (heavy load)
  • Bürde noun (heavy load)

Gothic

2 entries
  • 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌴𐌹 noun (heavy load)
  • 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (encumber)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • נֵטֶל noun (heavy load)
  • נֵטֶל noun (responsibility, onus)
  • עֹל noun (heavy load)
  • עֹל noun (responsibility, onus)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • teher noun (heavy load)
  • teher noun (responsibility, onus)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • burður noun (heavy load)
  • byrði noun (heavy load)
  • byrði noun (responsibility, onus)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • membebani verb (encumber)

Ingrian

3 entries
  • koorma noun (heavy load)
  • pörömä noun (heavy load)
  • taakka noun (heavy load)

Irish

2 entries
  • muirear noun (heavy load)
  • muirear noun (responsibility, onus)

Italian

4 entries
  • carico noun (heavy load)
  • fardello noun (heavy load)
  • fardello noun (cause of worry)
  • onere noun (responsibility, onus)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 心配事 noun (cause of worry)
  • 積み荷 noun (heavy load)
  • 負担 noun (responsibility, onus)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • жүк noun (heavy load)
  • зіл noun (heavy load)

Korean

4 entries
  • 바리 noun (heavy load)
  • 부담 noun (responsibility, onus)
  • 짐 noun (heavy load)
  • 짐 noun (responsibility, onus)

Latin

4 entries
  • onus noun (heavy load)
  • onus noun (responsibility, onus)
  • sarcina noun (heavy load)
  • dēgravō verb (encumber)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • бреме noun (heavy load)
  • бреме noun (responsibility, onus)
  • товар noun (heavy load)

Malay

1 entries
  • beban noun (heavy load)

Marathi

1 entries
  • ओझे noun (heavy load)

Māori

4 entries
  • wahanga noun (heavy load)
  • wahanga noun (heavy load)
  • whakawaha verb (encumber)
  • whakawaha verb (to impose a load)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries
  • bar noun (heavy load)
  • bar noun (responsibility, onus)
  • bar noun (cause of worry)
  • berpirsiyarî noun (heavy load)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • ansvar noun (responsibility, onus)
  • belastning noun (cause of worry)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • belastning noun (heavy load)
  • byrde noun (heavy load)
  • byrde noun (responsibility, onus)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • belastning noun (heavy load)
  • byrde noun (heavy load)
  • byrde noun (responsibility, onus)

Occitan

1 entries
  • carga noun (heavy load)

Old Czech

1 entries
  • břiemě noun (heavy load)

Old East Slavic

1 entries
  • беремѧ noun (responsibility, onus)

Old English

1 entries
  • byrþen noun (heavy load)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • اصر noun (responsibility, onus)

Persian

1 entries
  • بار noun (heavy load)

Polish

4 entries
  • brzemię noun (heavy load)
  • brzemię noun (responsibility, onus)
  • brzemię noun (cause of worry)
  • ciężar noun (heavy load)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • carga noun (heavy load)
  • fardo noun (heavy load)
  • obrigação noun (responsibility, onus)
  • preocupação noun (cause of worry)

Romanian

4 entries
  • povară noun (heavy load)
  • răspundere noun (responsibility, onus)
  • sarcină noun (heavy load)
  • sarcină noun (responsibility, onus)

Russian

4 entries
  • бре́мя noun (heavy load)
  • бре́мя noun (responsibility, onus)
  • бре́мя noun (cause of worry)
  • груз noun (heavy load)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • भार noun (heavy load)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • brjȅme noun (heavy load)
  • brjȅme noun (responsibility, onus)
  • brȅme noun (heavy load)
  • brȅme noun (responsibility, onus)

Slovak

4 entries
  • bremeno noun (heavy load)
  • bremeno noun (responsibility, onus)
  • náklad noun (heavy load)
  • záťaž noun (heavy load)

Slovene

2 entries
  • breme noun (responsibility, onus)
  • tovor noun (heavy load)

Spanish

4 entries
  • carga noun (heavy load)
  • carga noun (responsibility, onus)
  • lastre noun (responsibility, onus)
  • pejiguera noun (responsibility, onus)

Swahili

1 entries
  • mzigo noun (heavy load)

Swedish

4 entries
  • belastning noun (heavy load)
  • belastning noun (cause of worry)
  • börda noun (heavy load)
  • börda noun (cause of worry)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • dinadalang mabigat noun (heavy load)
  • pasanin noun (responsibility, onus)
  • pasanin noun (cause of worry)

Tajik

1 entries
  • бор noun (heavy load)

Thai

3 entries
  • ความรับผิดชอบ noun (responsibility, onus)
  • ภาระ noun (responsibility, onus)
  • ถ่วง verb (encumber)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • perpette noun (heavy load)

Turkish

4 entries
  • sorumluluk noun (responsibility, onus)
  • yük noun (heavy load)
  • yükümlülük noun (responsibility, onus)
  • zahmet noun (responsibility, onus)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ва́жкість noun (responsibility, onus)
  • вагота́ noun (responsibility, onus)
  • ванта́ж noun (heavy load)
  • но́ша noun (heavy load)

Uyghur

3 entries
  • تاپ noun (heavy load)
  • دەردىسەر noun (heavy load)
  • سېلىق noun (heavy load)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • gánh nặng noun (responsibility, onus)

Zazaki

4 entries
  • bar (diq) noun (heavy load)
  • bar dayen noun (responsibility, onus)
  • selag noun (heavy load)
  • zahmet noun (responsibility, onus)

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

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Education should not be a burden on the parents as well as on the children.

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Supporting his family was a great burden for him.

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Running the store is becoming a burden to him.

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That responsibility is a burden to him.

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