MILLSTONE Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

millstone

noun

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as in albatross

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Recent Examples of millstone 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 But this also turned out to be a millstone around the agency’s neck. —

ArsTechnica, 29 June 2025 Its historic millstone quarries once produced grinding stones exported across Northern Europe. —

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Noun

And the albatross on the Longhorns’ season is no secret.

— Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 30 Jan. 2026
Birds such as albatross and southern giant petrels are often visible soaring through the skies above, while elephant seals permeate the beaches and solitary leopard seals feed in the surrounding waters.

— Laura Kiniry, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026