Burden

Load

Synonyms: Load, freight, charge, bundle, cargo, weight, pack, and parcel.

Responsibility

Synonyms: Responsibility, charge, obligation, trouble, problem, anxiety, affliction, difficulty, strain, encumbrance, cross to bear, cumber, onus, duty, liability, care, worry, tribulation, trial, misfortune, stress, millstone, and albatross.

Gist

Synonyms: Gist, drift, intention, meaning, signification, essence, import, tenor, spirit, substance, implication, thrust, significance, sense, thesis, purport, and message.

Overload

Synonyms: Load, charge, encumber, overload, trammel, weight, weigh down, hamper, and overburden.

Oppress

Synonyms: Oppress, cause trouble to, worry, bother, disturb, depress, distress, haunt, torment, afflict, stress, overwhelm, plague, trouble, cause suffering to, beset, harass, upset, get someone down, grieve, nag, harrow, strain, tax, perturb, and bedevil.

Example Sentences

She felt the burden of responsibility.

He carried a heavy burden home.

Don’t burden yourself with worries.

Their demands became a burden.