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saddle

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of saddle

to place a weight or burden on

to the social worker it seemed as though her supervisor had once again saddled her with a truly hopeless case

Synonyms of saddle

burden, encumber, freight, lade, laden, load, lumber, weight

Words Related to saddle

clog, clutter, fill, pack

heap, mound, pile, stack

overburden, overload, overtax, surcharge

hamper, handicap

afflict, oppress

Near Antonyms of saddle

alleviate, ease, lighten, relieve

Antonyms of saddle

disburden, discharge, disencumber, unburden, unlade, unload

saddle

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of saddle

a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage

the next day's hike was a stiff climb out of the saddle where they had camped for the night

Synonyms of saddle

canyon (also cañon), col, couloir, defile, flume, gap, gill [British], gorge, gulch, gulf, kloof [South African], linn [chiefly Scottish], notch, pass, ravine

Words Related to saddle

abyss, chasm, cirque, cleft, crevasse, crevice, cwm [chiefly British], fissure

combe (also coombe) [British], dale, dell, glen, hollow, shut-in, vale, valley

basin, floodplain, kettle

arroyo, barranca (also barranco), coulee, draw, gully (also gulley), gutter, nullah, trench, trough, wadi, wash [West]

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