Synonyms of encumbered

encumbered 1 of 2

adjective

as in hindered

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hindered
• handicapped
• hobbled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• free
• quit
• shut (of)
• released
• liberated
• unburdened
• disencumbered
• freed
• delivered
• unimpeded
• unhampered

encumbered

2 of 2

verb

past tense of encumber

1

as in hampered

to create difficulty for the work or activity of

the claim that all of these regulations encumber doctors, taking time away from the actual practice of medicine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hampered
• impeded
• hindered
• embarrassed
• obstructed
• handicapped
• trammelled
• inhibited
• shackled
• fettered
• stymied
• cramped
• constrained
• delayed
• trammeled
• hobbled
• blocked
• tied up
• restrained
• manacled
• clogged
• short-circuited
• handcuffed
• interfered (with)
• disrupted
• tied
• hog-tied
• held back
• bound
• frustrated
• thwarted
• reined
• stifled
• tethered
• retained
• curbed
• balked
• held up
• cramped one's style
• gave a hard time
• mired
• retarded
• leashed
• checked
• confined
• chained
• strangled
• choked
• braked
• barricaded
• baffled
• arrested
• bogged (down)
• smothered
• haltered
• derailed
• suffocated
• sabotaged
• blockaded
• roadblocked
• muzzled
• repressed
• foiled
• suppressed
• stumped
• hemmed (in)
• hedged (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assisted
• aided
• helped
• facilitated
• opened
• cleared
• liberated
• freed
• released
• untied
• loosened
• encouraged
• promoted
• smoothed
• unstopped
• made way
• unplugged
• unclogged
• furthered

2

as in loaded

to place a weight or burden on

don't encumber your pack animal so much that it can hardly move

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loaded
• burdened
• filled
• saddled
• packed
• weighted
• ladened
• freighted
• lumbered
• weighed
• stacked
• laded
• taxed
• piled
• cluttered
• hampered
• clogged
• overloaded
• overburdened
• afflicted
• handicapped
• heaped
• overtaxed
• oppressed
• surcharged
• pressed
• strained
• mounded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discharged
• unloaded
• unburdened
• disencumbered
• relieved
• alleviated
• disburdened
• lightened
• eased
• unladed