Related Words for burden

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WordSyllablesCategories
load
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Noun, Noun
burthen
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Noun, Noun
saddle
/x
Noun, Noun
weight
/
Noun, Noun
charge
/
Noun, Noun
encumbrance
x/x
Noun, Noun
onus
/x
Noun, Noun
gist
/
Noun, Noun
effect
x/
Noun, Noun
essence
/x
Noun, Noun
core
/
Noun, Noun
unburden
x/x
Verb, Verb
burdensome
/xx
Adjective
responsibility
xxx/xx
Noun
shouldering
/xx
Verb
hardship
/x
Noun
stress
/
Noun
overburden
/x/x
Verb, Noun
obligation
xx/x
Noun
relieving
x/x
Verb
bear
/
Noun
stigma
/x
Noun
workload
/x
Noun
ease
/
Noun
risk
/
Noun
expense
x/
Noun
onerous
/xx
Adjective
pain
/
Noun
heavy
/x
Adjective
liability
xx/xx
Noun
guilt
/
Noun
undue
x/
Adjective
alleviating
x/xxx
Verb
presumption
x/x
Noun
duty
/x
Noun
strain
/
Noun
benefit
/xx
Noun
misery
/xx
Noun
deadweight
/x
Noun
cost
/
Noun
shirking
/x
Noun
hindrance
/x
Noun
suffering
/xx
Noun
imposition
xx/x
Noun
proof
/
Noun
crippling
/xx
Noun
brunt
/
Noun
pressure
/x
Noun
hassle
/x
Noun
disproportionate
xx/xx
Adjective
reliance
x/x
Noun
dependence
x/x
Noun
fatigue
x/
Noun
expectation
xx/x
Noun
anguish
/x
Noun
requirement
x/x
Noun
drudgery
/xx
Noun
insurmountable
xx/xx
Adjective
yoke
/
Noun
inconvenience
xx/x
Noun
limitation
xx/x
Noun
aggravation
xx/x
Noun
disadvantage
xx/x
Noun
lighten
/x
Verb
impact
x/
Noun
toll
/
Noun
impediment
x/xx
Noun
difficulties
/xxx
Noun
reducing
x/x
Verb
anxiety
x/xx
Noun
reduction
x/x
Noun
unfairness
x/x
Noun
carrying
/xx
Verb
complexity
x/xx
Noun
lessening
/xx
Noun
unnecessary
x/xxx
Adjective
concern
x/
Noun
blame
/
Noun
uncertainty
x/xx
Noun
task
/
Noun
morbidity
x/xx
Noun
necessity
x/xx
Noun
restriction
x/x
Noun
privilege
/x
Noun
detriment
/xx
Noun
hurdle
/x
Noun
culpability
xx/xx
Noun
crushing
/x
Verb
danger
/x
Noun
headache
/x
Noun
chore
/
Noun
shadow
/x
Noun
exhaustion
x/x
Noun
inadequacy
x/xxx
Noun
worries
/x
Noun
heartache
/x
Noun
dependency
x/xx
Noun
stigmatization
/xx/x
Noun
angst
/
Noun
incurring
x/x
Verb
nuisance
/x
Noun
harms
/
Noun
sorrow
/x
Noun
weighty
/x
Adjective
complication
xx/x
Noun
implication
xx/x
Noun
constraint
x/
Noun
mortality
x/xx
Noun
heft
/
Noun
toil
/
Noun
haul
/
Noun
grind
/
Noun
overcome
/xx
Verb
hamper
/x
Noun
plummet
/x
Verb
heave
/
Noun
lift
/
Noun
shedding
/x
Noun
trundle
/x
Noun
sweat
/
Noun
sacrifice
/xx
Noun
entreat
x/
Verb
spillage
/x
Noun
shovel
/x
Noun
dump
/
Noun
hoist
/
Noun
impound
x/
Noun
coil
/
Noun
spread
/
Noun
slew
/
Noun
yield
/
Noun
tract
/
Noun
spare
/
Adjective
graft
/
Noun
transport
x/
Noun
shackle
/x
Noun
package
/x
Noun
truck
/
Noun
drove
/
Verb
harass
x/
Verb
sprinkle
/x
Verb
borrow
/x
Verb
pillage
/x
Noun
influx
/x
Noun
unduly
x/x
Adverb
unfairly
x/x
Adverb
unnecessarily
x/xxxx
Adverb
insupportable
xx/xx
Adjective
beasts
/
Noun
unreasonably
x/xxx
Adverb
intolerable
x/xxx
Adjective
accrued
x/
Adjective
actual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
advantageous
xx/x
Adjective
afford
x/
Verb
albatross
/xx
Noun
allotment
x/x
Noun
allowable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
alone
x/
Adverb, Adjective
amount
x/
Noun, Verb
annoy
x/
Verb, Noun
ante
/x
Noun, Verb
apportioned
x/x
Adjective
approximate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
arrears
x/
Verb
assume
x/
Verb
baggage
/x
Noun
ballast
/x
Noun, Verb
barrier
/xx
Noun, Verb
bear down
//
Phrase, Verb
behalf
x/
Noun
bricks
/
Noun
care
/
Noun, Verb
cargo
/x
Noun
caseload
/x
Noun
chargeable
/xx
Adjective
child
/
Noun, Verb
clout
/
Noun, Verb
clumsiness
/xx
Noun
coercion
x/x
Noun
commissioning
x/xx
Noun
commitment
x/x
Noun
consignment
x/x
Noun
contamination
xxx/x
Noun
cover
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
curse
/
Noun, Verb
damage
/x
Noun, Verb
debited
/xx
Verb
debt
/
Noun
deluge
/x
Noun, Verb
dependant
x/x
Adjective, Noun
dependent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
designates
/xx
Verb
directs
x/
Verb
discharge
x/
Noun, Verb
discounted
/xx
Adjective
disincentive
xx/x
Noun
drag
/
Verb, Noun
drain
/
Verb, Noun
easement
/x
Noun
effort
/x
Noun, Verb
emphasis
/xx
Noun
entrusted
x/x
Verb
expenditure
x/xx
Noun
extent
x/
Noun, Adjective
feedstock
/x
Noun
filler
/x
Noun
formality
x/xx
Noun
fray
/
Noun, Verb
freight
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
gravity
/xx
Noun
handicap
/xx
Noun, Verb
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
honour
/x
Noun, Verb
impose
x/
Verb, Noun
imputed
x/x
Adjective
incidence
/xx
Noun
instruct
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
job
/
Noun, Verb
kids
/
Verb
laden
/x
Adjective
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
litter
/x
Noun, Verb
loader
/x
Noun
magnitude
/xx
Noun
mass
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
meet
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
millstone
/x
Noun
money
/x
Noun, Adjective
mortgage
/x
Noun, Verb
negative
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
obstacle
/xx
Noun
office
/x
Noun, Verb
outlay
/x
Noun, Verb
over
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
overcharge
/xx
Noun, Verb
overhang
/xx
Noun, Verb
overhead
/x/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
overload
/xx
Noun, Verb
overwhelm
xx/
Verb, Noun
ownership
/xx
Noun
paddles
/x
Noun
paid
/
Adjective
paperwork
/xx
Noun
payload
/x
Noun
peso
/x
Noun
plight
/
Noun, Verb
plumb
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
pollution
x/x
Noun
pregnancy
/xx
Noun
pretax
//
Adjective, Verb
prevalence
/xx
Noun
probable
/xx
Adjective, Noun
problem
/x
Noun, Adjective
prosecution
xx/x
Noun
rechargeable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
relief
x/
Noun, Adjective
reloading
x/x
Noun
responsible
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
school
/
Noun, Verb
scourge
/
Noun, Verb
severity
x/xx
Noun
share
/
Noun, Verb
shipment
/x
Noun
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
stocking
/x
Noun
style
/
Noun, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
aisle
/
Noun
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
backside
/x
Noun, Adjective
pidgin
/x
Noun