shoulder

shoulder

verb

Definition of SHOULDER

1

to take to or upon oneself <agreed to shoulder the burden of caring for their elderly father>

Synonyms accept, bear, shoulder, take over, undertake

Related Words adopt, embrace, take up; advocate, back, champion, endorse (also indorse), espouse, stand by, support, uphold; accede, acquiesce, agree, assent, consent; reaccept, reassume

Near Antonyms abjure, recant, renounce, retract, take back, unsay, withdraw; decline, refuse, reject, spurn, turn down; abstain (from), forbear, refrain (from); avoid, bypass, detour; abandon, abnegate, forsake, give up, relinquish, spurn, surrender; back down, back off, backtrack

Antonyms disavow, disclaim, disown, repudiate

2

to force one's way <shouldered through the crowd at the bar and ordered a drink>

Synonyms bore, bull, bulldoze, crash, elbow, jam, jostle, muscle, push, shoulder, squeeze

Related Words ram, shove, thrust