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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disadvantage |
| Synonyms: | affliction, baggage, barrier, block, burden, detriment, disability, drawback, encumbrance, hangup, hindrance, impairment, impediment, injury, limitation, load, millstone, obstacle, psychological baggage, restriction, shortcoming, stumbling block |
| Antonyms: | advantage, benefit, help |
| Main Entry: | handicap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give disadvantage |
| Synonyms: | burden, cripple, encumber, hamper, hamstring, hinder, hog-tie, hold back, impede, limit, put out of commission, restrict, sideline, take out* |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, benefit, further, give advantage, help, promote |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | Achilles' heel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vulnerability |
| Synonyms: | chink in the armor, deficiency, frailty, handicap, soft underbelly, susceptibility, weakness |
| Main Entry: | barrier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstruction to goal |
| Synonyms: | bar, check, difficulty, drawback, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, limitation, obstacle, pale, preventive, restraint, restriction, stumbling block |
| Antonyms: | opening |
| Main Entry: | burden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encumber, strain |
| Synonyms: | afflict, bear down on, bother, crush, cumber, depress, dish it out, dish out, dump on, encumber, give it to, hamper, handicap, hinder, impede, lade, load, make heavy, obligate, oppress, overcharge, overload, overwhelm, pile, press, saddle with, snow under, snow*, stick it to, strain, tax, trouble, try, vex, weigh down, worry |
| Antonyms: | aid, help, relieve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | care |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal interest, concern |
| Synonyms: | affliction, aggravation, alarm, anguish, annoyance, anxiety, apprehension, bother, burden, chagrin, charge, consternation, discomposure, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturbance, encumbrance, exasperation, fear, foreboding, fretfulness, handicap, hardship, hindrance, impediment, incubus, load, misgiving, nuisance, onus, oppression, perplexity, pressure, responsibility, solicitude, sorrow, stew, strain, stress, sweat, tribulation, trouble, uneasiness, unhappiness, vexation, woe, worry |
| Antonyms: | carelessness, disregard, ignorance, inattention, neglect, negligence, oversight, thoughtlessness |
| Main Entry: | complicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, make difficult |
| Synonyms: | add fuel to fire, bedevil, clog, combine, confound, convolute, derange, disarrange, disorder, elaborate, embroil, entangle, fold, foul up, handicap, impede, infold, interfuse, interrelate, interweave, involve, jumble, make intricate, make waves, mix up, muck up, muddle, multiply, obscure, open can of worms, perplex, ravel, render unintelligible, screw up, snafu, snag, snarl up, tangle, twist, upset |
| Antonyms: | disentangle, ease, explain, facilitate, make simple, untangle |
| Main Entry: | cramp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hinder, restrain |
| Synonyms: | bottle up, box up, check, circumscribe, clamp, clasp, clog, confine, constrain, coop up, encumber, fasten, grip, hamper, hamstring, handicap, impede, inhibit, limit, object, obstruct, restrict, shackle, stymie, thwart |
| Antonyms: | allow, let go, release |
| Main Entry: | detriment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disadvantage |
| Synonyms: | damage, disability, disservice, drawback, handicap, harm, hurt, impairment, injury, liability, loss, marring, mischief, prejudice, spoiling |
| Antonyms: | advantage, assistance, benefit, gain, help, profit |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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