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burden
Overview of noun burden
The noun burden has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (7) burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus -- (an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind")
2. (2) load, loading, burden -- (weight to be borne or conveyed)
3. effect, essence, burden, core, gist -- (the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work)
4. burden -- (the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse)
Overview of verb burden
The verb burden has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. burden, burthen, weight, weight down -- (weight down with a load)
2. charge, saddle, burden -- (impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun burden
4 senses of burden
Sense 1
burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus
=> concern, worry, headache, vexation
=> negative stimulus
=> stimulation, stimulus, stimulant, input
=> information
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
load, loading, burden
=> weight
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
effect, essence, burden, core, gist
=> meaning, significance, signification, import
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
burden
=> idea, thought
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun burden
2 of 4 senses of burden
Sense 1
burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus
=> dead weight
=> fardel
=> imposition
=> pill
Sense 2
load, loading, burden
=> burthen
=> dead load
=> live load, superload
=> millstone
=> overload, overburden
=> overload
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun burden
4 senses of burden
Sense 1
burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus
=> concern, worry, headache, vexation
Sense 2
load, loading, burden
=> weight
Sense 3
effect, essence, burden, core, gist
=> meaning, significance, signification, import
Sense 4
burden
=> idea, thought
Antonyms of noun burden
Member Holonyms of noun burden
Substance Holonyms of noun burden
Part Holonyms of noun burden
Member Meronyms of noun burden
Substance Meronyms of noun burden
Part Meronyms of noun burden
Meronyms of noun burden
Holonyms of noun burden
Attributes of noun burden
Derived Forms of noun burden
2 of 4 senses of burden
Sense 1
burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus
RELATED TO>(verb) burden#2
=> charge, saddle, burden
Sense 2
load, loading, burden
RELATED TO>(verb) burden#1
=> burden, burthen, weight, weight down
Domain of noun burden
Domain Terms of noun burden
Familiarity of noun burden
burden used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun burden
4 senses of burden
Sense 1
burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus
> concern, worry, headache, vexation
=> bugaboo
=> burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus
=> business
Sense 2
load, loading, burden
> weight
=> bob
=> counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, balance, equalizer, equaliser
=> load, loading, burden
=> makeweight
=> paperweight
=> sinker
Sense 3
effect, essence, burden, core, gist
> meaning, significance, signification, import
=> lexical meaning
=> grammatical meaning
=> symbolization, symbolisation
=> sense, signified
=> intension, connotation
=> referent
=> effect, essence, burden, core, gist
=> intent, purport, spirit
=> moral, lesson
=> nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement
=> overtone
=> point
Sense 4
burden
> idea, thought
=> inspiration
=> cogitation
=> concept, conception, construct
=> preoccupation
=> misconception
=> plan, program, programme
=> figment
=> generalization, generalisation, generality
=> suggestion
=> impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion
=> reaction
=> theorem
=> notion, whim, whimsy, whimsey
=> meaning, substance
=> burden
=> theme, motif
=> ideal
=> idealization, idealisation
=> keynote
=> kink
Meronyms of noun burden
4 senses of burden
Sense 2
load, loading, burden
=> weight
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun burden
Grep of noun burden
beast of burden
burden
burden of proof
burdensomeness
overburden
white man's burden
Antonyms of verb burden
1 of 2 senses of burden
Sense 1
burden, burthen, weight, weight down
Antonym of unburden (Sense 2)
=>unburden, disburden
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb burden
2 senses of burden
Sense 1
burden, burthen, weight, weight down
=> charge
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 2
charge, saddle, burden
=> command, require, compel
=> order, tell, enjoin, say
=> request
=> ask
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
=> convey, transmit, communicate
=> transfer
=> move, displace
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb burden
2 senses of burden
Sense 1
burden, burthen, weight, weight down
=> overburden
=> plumb
=> saddle
Sense 2
charge, saddle, burden
=> overburden
=> bear down
=> overwhelm, deluge, flood out
=> adjure
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb burden
2 senses of burden
Sense 1
burden, burthen, weight, weight down
=> charge
Sense 2
charge, saddle, burden
=> command, require, compel
'Cause To' of verb burden
Derived Forms of verb burden
2 senses of burden
Sense 1
burden, burthen, weight, weight down
RELATED TO>(noun) burden#2
=> load, loading, burden
Sense 2
charge, saddle, burden
RELATED TO>(noun) burden#1
=> burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus
Domain of verb burden
Domain Terms of verb burden
Familiarity of verb burden
burden used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb burden
2 senses of burden
Sense 1
burden, burthen, weight, weight down
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s something with something
Sense 2
charge, saddle, burden
*> Somebody ----s somebody with something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb burden
2 senses of burden
Sense 1
burden, burthen, weight, weight down
> charge
=> burden, burthen, weight, weight down
=> freight
Sense 2
charge, saddle, burden
> command, require, compel
=> charge, saddle, burden
=> requisition
=> forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb burden
Sense 1
burden, burthen, weight, weight down
=> charge
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Sense 2
charge, saddle, burden
=> command, require, compel
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Grep of verb burden
burden
disburden
overburden
unburden
Grep of adj burden
burdened
burdenless
burdensome
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