BURDEN as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • weight to be borne or conveyed
   Synonym(s)
   • load (what does load mean?)
   • loading (what does loading mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) burden is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • weight (what does weight mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • burthen (what does burthen mean?)
   • dead load (what does dead load mean?)
   • live load (what does live load mean?)
   • superload (what does superload mean?)
   • millstone (what does millstone mean?)
   • overload (what does overload mean?)
   • overburden (what does overburden mean?)
   • overload (what does overload mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • burden (what does burden mean?)
   • burthen (what does burthen mean?)
   • weight (what does weight mean?)
   • weight down (what does weight down mean?)
   • load (what does load mean?)
   • load (what does load mean?)
   • lade (what does lade mean?)
   • laden (what does laden mean?)
   • load up (what does load up mean?)
2. Meaning
   • an onerous or difficult concern
   Synonym(s)
   • encumbrance (what does encumbrance mean?)
   • incumbrance (what does incumbrance mean?)
   • load (what does load mean?)
   • onus (what does onus mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the burden of responsibility
   • that’’s a load off my mind
   Hypernyms(s) burden is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • concern (what does concern mean?)
   • worry (what does worry mean?)
   • headache (what does headache mean?)
   • vexation (what does vexation mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • dead weight (what does dead weight mean?)
   • fardel (what does fardel mean?)
   • imposition (what does imposition mean?)
   • pill (what does pill mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • charge (what does charge mean?)
   • saddle (what does saddle mean?)
   • burden (what does burden mean?)
3. Meaning
   • the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse
   Hypernyms(s) burden is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • idea (what does idea mean?)
   • thought (what does thought mean?)
4. Meaning
   • the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
   Synonym(s)
   • core (what does core mean?)
   • effect (what does effect mean?)
   • essence (what does essence mean?)
   • gist (what does gist mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) burden is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • meaning (what does meaning mean?)
   • significance (what does significance mean?)
   • signification (what does signification mean?)
   • import (what does import mean?)

BURDEN as VERB

1. Meaning
   • impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
   Synonym(s)
   • charge (what does charge mean?)
   • saddle (what does saddle mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend
   Hypernyms(s) burden is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • command (what does command mean?)
   • require (what does require mean?)
   • compel (what does compel mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • overburden (what does overburden mean?)
   • bear down (what does bear down mean?)
   • overwhelm (what does overwhelm mean?)
   • deluge (what does deluge mean?)
   • flood out (what does flood out mean?)
   • adjure (what does adjure mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • burden (what does burden mean?)
   • load (what does load mean?)
   • encumbrance (what does encumbrance mean?)
   • incumbrance (what does incumbrance mean?)
   • onus (what does onus mean?)
   • mission (what does mission mean?)
   • charge (what does charge mean?)
   • commission (what does commission mean?)
2. Meaning
   • weight down with a load
   Synonym(s)
   • burthen (what does burthen mean?)
   • weight (what does weight mean?)
   • weight down (what does weight down mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) burden is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • charge (what does charge mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • unburden (what does unburden mean?)
   • disburden (what does disburden mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • overburden (what does overburden mean?)
   • plumb (what does plumb mean?)
   • saddle (what does saddle mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • weight (what does weight mean?)
   • burthen (what does burthen mean?)
   • load (what does load mean?)
   • loading (what does loading mean?)
   • burden (what does burden mean?)