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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstruction, difficulty |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22, albatross, baggage, ball and chain, bar, barrier, catch, check, clog, crimp, cumbrance, deterrent, drag, drawback, encumbrance, excess baggage, foot dragging, glitch*, gridlock, handicap, hang-up, hitch, impedance, impediment, interference, interruption, intervention, jam-up, joker, limitation, lock, millstone, monkey wrench, obstacle, restraint, restriction, snag, stoppage, stumbling block, trammel |
| Antonyms: | advance, aid, assistance, encouragement, expedition, help, promotion, push |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden |
| Synonyms: | charge, command, constraint, demand, drag, duty, encroachment, encumbrance, intrusion, levy, pain, pain in the neck, pressure, presumption, restraint, tax |
| Antonyms: | advantage, aid, benefit, blessing, help, profit |
| Main Entry: | liability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden, debt |
| Synonyms: | IOU, account, arrear, arrearage, bad news, baggage, balance, bite*, chance, chit, contingency, contract, damage, debit, disadvantage, drag*, drawback, due*, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, impediment, inconvenience, indebtedness, indebtment, involvement, lease, loan, millstone, minus, misfortune, mortgage, nuisance, obligation, onus, pledge, possibility, remainder, responsibility, tab |
| Antonyms: | asset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | load |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cargo, freight |
| Synonyms: | amount, bale, bundle, capacity, charge, consignment, contents, encumbrance, goods, haul, heft, hindrance, lading, mass, pack, parcel, part, payload, shipment, shot, weight |
| Main Entry: | load |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden, pressure |
| Synonyms: | affliction, albatross, care, charge, cumber, deadweight, drag, drain, duty, encumbrance, excess baggage, incubus, liability, millstone, obligation, onus, oppression, responsibility, task, tax, trouble, trust, weight, worry |
| Antonyms: | benefit, blessing |
| Main Entry: | millstone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden |
| Synonyms: | accountability, affliction, albatross, anxiety, ball and chain, blame, charge, concern, cross, deadweight, difficulty, encumbrance, grievance, hardship, hindrance, load, mental weight, misfortune, onus, punishment, responsibility, strain, stress, task, thorn in one's side, trial, trouble, worry |
| Main Entry: | muddle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confused state |
| Synonyms: | ataxia, awkwardness, botch, chaos, clutter, complexity, complication, confusion, daze, difficulty, dilemma, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, disorganization, emergency, encumbrance, fog, foul-up, hash, haze, intricacy, involvement, jumble, mess, mess and a half, mix-up, muss, perplexity, plight, predicament, quandary, rat's nest, screw-up, shambles, snarl, struggle, tangle, trouble |
| Antonyms: | enlightenment, order, organization |
| Main Entry: | obstacle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impediment, barrier |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22, bar, block, booby trap, bump*, catch, check, clog, crimp, difficulty, disincentive, encumbrance, hamper, handicap, hang-up, hardship, hindrance, hitch*, hurdle, interference, interruption, joker*, monkey wrench, mountain, obstruction, restriction, rub*, snag, stumbling block, traverse, vicissitude |
| Antonyms: | advantage, assistance, blessing, clearance, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | onus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden |
| Synonyms: | bar sinister, black eye, blame, blot, blur, brand, charge, culpability, deadweight, duty, encumbrance, fault, guilt, incubus, liability, load, millstone, obligation, odium, oppression, responsibility, slur, spot, stain, stigma, task, tax, weight |
| Antonyms: | aid, benefit, blessing, help |
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