MILLSTONE Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

millstone

noun

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as in albatross

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Recent Examples of millstone To archaeologists, Issyk-Kul is not just a lake but a time capsule, where each artifact, whether a millstone or a skeleton, reveals echoes of trade, faith, and endurance along the Silk Road. —

Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 6 Dec. 2025 And then Donald Trump is just an absolute millstone around any New Jersey Republican’s neck. —

ABC News, 9 Nov. 2025 Of course, that became a millstone around my neck. —

Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025 Could Gladys be free of this ducal millstone around her neck? —

Alice Burton, Vulture, 7 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for millstone

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Republicans up and down the ticket will pay the price of having an albatross like our corrupt Attorney General hung around their neck.

— Jack Fink, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
Freed from the albatross of expectation, Liu has now leaned into expression.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 16 Feb. 2026