Burden Synonyms

Bother , bundle, affliction, drift, charge, afflict, and beset are synonyms for burden; relief and benefit are antonyms of burden. On this page, you will find 84 another word for burden.

84 Another Word for Burden

1. load

  • Bundle
  • Cargo
  • Charge
  • Freight
  • Load
  • Pack
  • Weight
  • Parcel

2. responsibility

  • Affliction
  • Albatross
  • Anxiety
  • Care
  • Charge
  • Cross to bear
  • Difficulty
  • Duty
  • Encumbrance
  • Liability
  • Millstone
  • Misfortune
  • Obligation
  • Onus
  • Problem
  • Responsibility
  • Strain
  • Stress
  • Trial
  • Tribulation
  • Trouble
  • Worry
  • Cumber

3. gist

  • Drift
  • Essence
  • Gist
  • Implication
  • Import
  • Intention
  • Meaning
  • Message
  • Purport
  • Sense
  • Significance
  • Signification
  • Substance
  • Tenor
  • Thesis
  • Thrust
  • Spirit

4. overload

  • Charge
  • Encumber
  • Hamper
  • Load
  • Overburden
  • Overload
  • Weigh down
  • Weight
  • Trammel

5. oppress

  • Afflict
  • Beset
  • Bother
  • Cause suffering to
  • Cause trouble to
  • Depress
  • Distress
  • Disturb
  • Get someone down
  • Grieve
  • Harass
  • Harrow
  • Haunt
  • Nag
  • Oppress
  • Overwhelm
  • Perturb
  • Plague
  • Strain
  • Stress
  • Tax
  • Torment
  • Trouble
  • Upset
  • Worry
  • Bedevil

Burden Sentences

She felt the burden of responsibility.

He carried a heavy burden home.

Don’t burden yourself with worries.

Their demands became a burden.