burden
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an onerous or difficult concern
the burden of responsibility
Types & categories
- worry hypernym
- dead weight hyponym
- fardel hyponym
- imposition hyponym
- pill hyponym
Related & opposite
- burden derivation
Sense 2 verb
weight down with a load
Types & categories
- charge hypernym
- overburden hyponym
- plumb hyponym
- saddle hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
weight to be borne or conveyed
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend
Types & categories
- command hypernym
- overburden hyponym
- bear down hyponym
- flood out hyponym
- adjure hyponym
Related & opposite
- mission derivation
- encumbrance derivation
Sense 5 noun
the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
Types & categories
- meaning hypernym
Sense 6 noun
the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse
Types & categories
- thought hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | burden |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | worry |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dead weight |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fardel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | imposition |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pill |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | disburden |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | burthen |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | loading |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | weight |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | charge |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | overburden |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | plumb |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | saddle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | burthen |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | load |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | load |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | weight |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | burthen |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dead load |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | live load |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | millstone |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | overload |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | overload |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | mission |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | encumbrance |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | command |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | overburden |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bear down |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | flood out |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | adjure |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | meaning |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | thought |