What is another word for overburden?
624 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ˌə͡ʊvəbˈɜːdən], [ ˌəʊvəbˈɜːdən], [ ˌəʊ_v_ə_b_ˈɜː_d_ə_n]
The word "overburden" is often used to describe an excess or heavy load that weighs down or exhausts something. Synonyms for this word include "overload", "overwhelm", "overwork" and "overtax". These words convey different shades of meaning, with "overload" suggesting a load that is too heavy to bear, "overwhelm" suggesting a sensation of being flooded or inundated, "overwork" referring to excessive labor or effort, and "overtax" implying an excessive use of something's resources. There are also some more colloquial synonyms, like "frazzle", "burn out", and "stress out", which convey a sense of being worn down emotionally or psychologically. Whatever word you choose, they all describe a sense of being overburdened, weighed down, or excessively taxed.
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Synonyms for Overburden:
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• abuse- mis employ ,
- mis employed ,
- mis employing ,
- mis employs ,
- mis handle ,
- mis handled ,
- mis handles ,
- mis handling ,
- mis used ,
- mis using ,
- mis-employ ,
- mis-employed ,
- mis-employing ,
- mis-employs ,
- mis-handle ,
- mis-handled ,
- mis-handles ,
- mis-handling ,
- mis-used ,
- mis-using ,
- misemployed ,
- misemploying ,
- misemploys ,
- over burden ,
- over burdened ,
- over burdening ,
- over burdens ,
- over tax ,
- over taxed ,
- over taxes ,
- over taxing ,
- over work ,
- over worked ,
- over working ,
- over works ,
- over-burdened ,
- over-burdening ,
- over-burdens ,
- over-tax ,
- over-taxed ,
- over-taxes ,
- over-taxing ,
- over-work ,
- over-worked ,
- over-working ,
- over-works .
- clogs up ,
- filledded ,
- filledding ,
- filleds ,
- over crowd ,
- over crowded ,
- over crowding ,
- over crowds ,
- over-crowd ,
- over-crowded ,
- over-crowds .
- act up on ,
- acted up on ,
- acting up on ,
- acting upon ,
- acts up on ,
- acts upon ,
- in duce ,
- in duces ,
- in spire ,
- in spired ,
- in spires ,
- in spiring ,
- in-duce ,
- in-duces ,
- in-spire ,
- in-spired ,
- in-spires ,
- in-spiring ,
- leaned on ,
- leans on ,
- leant on ,
- puts to ,
- puts up to ,
- putting to ,
- putting up to ,
- spirited up ,
- spiriting up ,
- spirits up ,
- steamrolled ,
- steamrolling ,
- steamrolls ,
- works on ,
- wrought on .
- dis commode ,
- dis commodes ,
- dis-commode ,
- dis-commodes ,
- hanged up ,
- hanging up ,
- hangs up ,
- hog tie ,
- in commode ,
- in commodes ,
- in conveniences ,
- in-commode ,
- in-commodes ,
- in-convenience ,
- in-conveniences ,
- made difficult ,
- makes difficult ,
- making difficult ,
- saddles with ,
- saddling with ,
- slowing down ,
- slows down .
- over charge ,
- over charged ,
- over charges ,
- over charging ,
- over-charge ,
- over-charged ,
- over-charges ,
- over-charging .
- are intemperate ,
- art intemperate ,
- be labor ,
- be labored ,
- be laboring ,
- be labors ,
- be-labor ,
- be-labored ,
- be-laboring ,
- be-labors ,
- being intemperate ,
- bit off too much ,
- bit too much ,
- bite too much ,
- bites off too much ,
- bites too much ,
- biting off too much ,
- biting too much ,
- did death ,
- did to death ,
- didst death ,
- didst to death ,
- do death ,
- does death ,
- does to death ,
- doest death ,
- doest to death ,
- doeth death ,
- doeth to death ,
- doing death ,
- doing to death ,
- dost death ,
- dost to death ,
- doth death ,
- doth to death ,
- drave oneself ,
- drives oneself ,
- driving oneself ,
- drove oneself ,
- goes overboard ,
- goes too far ,
- going overboard ,
- going too far ,
- hyping ,
- is intemperate ,
- laid it on ,
- laying it on ,
- lays it on ,
- made federal case ,
- makes federal case ,
- making federal case ,
- not know when stop ,
- over did ,
- over does ,
- over doing ,
- over done ,
- over estimate ,
- over estimated ,
- over estimates ,
- over estimating ,
- over indulge ,
- over indulged ,
- over indulges ,
- over indulging ,
- over play ,
- over played ,
- over playing ,
- over plays ,
- over rate ,
- over rated ,
- over rates ,
- over rating ,
- over reach ,
- over reached ,
- over reaches ,
- over reaching ,
- over state ,
- over states ,
- over stating ,
- over tire ,
- over tired ,
- over tires ,
- over tiring ,
- over used ,
- over using ,
- over value ,
- over valued ,
- over values ,
- over valuing ,
- over-did ,
- over-does ,
- over-doing ,
- over-done ,
- over-estimated ,
- over-estimates ,
- over-estimating ,
- over-indulge ,
- over-indulged ,
- over-indulges ,
- over-indulging ,
- over-play ,
- over-played ,
- over-playing ,
- over-plays ,
- over-rated ,
- over-rates ,
- over-rating ,
- over-reach ,
- over-reaches ,
- over-reaching ,
- over-stated ,
- over-stating ,
- over-tire ,
- over-tired ,
- over-tires ,
- over-tiring ,
- over-used ,
- over-using ,
- over-value ,
- over-valued ,
- over-values ,
- over-valuing ,
- overtires ,
- overtiring ,
- piled on ,
- piles on ,
- ran in to ground ,
- ran in to the ground ,
- ran into ground ,
- ran into the ground ,
- run in to ground ,
- run in to the ground ,
- run into ground ,
- running in to ground ,
- running in to the ground ,
- running into ground ,
- running into the ground ,
- runs in to ground ,
- runs in to the ground ,
- runs into ground ,
- runs into the ground ,
- strained oneself ,
- straining oneself ,
- strains oneself ,
- talked big ,
- talking big ,
- talks big ,
- was intemperate ,
- wast intemperate ,
- wearing oneself out ,
- wears oneself out ,
- went overboard ,
- were intemperate ,
- wert intemperate ,
- wore oneself out .
- made demands on ,
- makes demands on ,
- making demands on ,
- pressed hard on ,
- presses hard on ,
- pressing hard on ,
- puts pressure on ,
- putting pressure on ,
- weighed heavily on ,
- weighing heavily on ,
- weighs heavily on .
- de press ,
- de pressed ,
- de presses ,
- de pressing ,
- de-press ,
- de-pressed ,
- de-presses ,
- de-pressing ,
- dis gust ,
- dis gusted ,
- dis gusting ,
- dis gusts ,
- dis hearten ,
- dis heartened ,
- dis heartening ,
- dis heartens ,
- dis please ,
- dis pleased ,
- dis pleases ,
- dis pleasing ,
- dis tress ,
- dis tressed ,
- dis tresses ,
- dis-gust ,
- dis-gusted ,
- dis-gusting ,
- dis-gusts ,
- dis-hearten ,
- dis-heartened ,
- dis-heartening ,
- dis-heartens ,
- dis-please ,
- dis-pleased ,
- dis-pleases ,
- dis-pleasing ,
- dis-tress ,
- dis-tressed ,
- dis-tresses ,
- ennuiing ,
- ex asperate ,
- ex asperates ,
- ex asperating ,
- ex-asperate ,
- ex-asperated ,
- ex-asperates ,
- ex-asperating ,
- goes stale ,
- going stale ,
- growing weary ,
- grows weary ,
- over strain ,
- over strained ,
- over straining ,
- over strains ,
- over-strain ,
- over-strained ,
- over-straining ,
- over-strains ,
- put sleep ,
- puts sleep ,
- putting sleep ,
- went stale .
Other synonyms:
- overcharge .
Other relevant words:
- FAGS ,
- Fagging ,
- Illtreat ,
- Misemploy ,
- Overstrained ,
- Overstraining ,
- Saddling ,
- Shepherded ,
- Shepherding ,
- abuse ,
- act upon ,
- acted upon ,
- bushing ,
- clog up ,
- clogged up ,
- clogging up ,
- congest ,
- drive ,
- encumber ,
- encumbered ,
- ennuied ,
- exhaust ,
- fag ,
- fagged ,
- give out ,
- go stale ,
- goose ,
- goosed ,
- gooses ,
- goosing ,
- grew weary ,
- grow weary ,
- hang up ,
- hasten ,
- hogtie ,
- ill-treat ,
- ill-use ,
- illuse ,
- inspires ,
- lean on ,
- leaning on ,
- make demands on ,
- make difficult ,
- mishandle ,
- over-burden ,
- over-crowding ,
- over-wrought ,
- overburdened ,
- overcrowd ,
- overcrowding ,
- overcrowds ,
- overstrain ,
- overstrains ,
- overtax ,
- overtaxed ,
- overtaxes ,
- overtaxing ,
- press hard on ,
- put pressure on ,
- put to ,
- put to sleep ,
- put up to ,
- puts to sleep ,
- putting to sleep ,
- railroad ,
- railroaded ,
- railroading ,
- saddle with ,
- saddled ,
- saddled with ,
- slow down ,
- slowed down ,
- spirit up ,
- spoil ,
- spoilt ,
- steamroll ,
- tax ,
- tire ,
- trammel ,
- waste ,
- weigh heavily on ,
- weighted ,
- weighting ,
- work on ,
- worked on ,
- working on .
- Hepatize ,
- Overabound ,
- Overlade ,
- Overloading ,
- Overtask ,
- Overweigh ,
- Superabound ,
- Supersaturate ,
- afflict ,
- aggrieve ,
- bear hard upon ,
- besiege ,
- blockage ,
- brim over ,
- bristle with ,
- burden ,
- burthen ,
- charge ,
- choke ,
- congestion ,
- cram ,
- crawl with ,
- creep with ,
- crowd ,
- cumber ,
- dead weight ,
- deluge ,
- depress ,
- drench ,
- drug ,
- encumbrance ,
- engorgement ,
- exceed ,
- fatigue ,
- flood ,
- force ,
- freight ,
- glut ,
- gluttonize ,
- go beyond ,
- go ill with ,
- gorge ,
- hamper ,
- handicap ,
- hindrance ,
- immerse ,
- impede ,
- impediment ,
- inundate ,
- jam ,
- jam-pack ,
- know no bounds ,
- lade ,
- lie on ,
- load ,
- loading ,
- molest ,
- occupy ,
- oppress ,
- oppression ,
- overcome ,
- overdo ,
- overdo it ,
- overdose ,
- overdrive ,
- overexert ,
- overfeed ,
- overfill ,
- overflow ,
- overlay ,
- overload ,
- overrun ,
- overstock ,
- overstuff ,
- overuse ,
- overweight ,
- overwhelm ,
- overwork ,
- pack ,
- persecute ,
- plethora ,
- press ,
- pressure ,
- pressurize ,
- push ,
- repletion ,
- run over ,
- run riot ,
- saddle ,
- satiate ,
- saturate ,
- saturation ,
- snow under ,
- soak ,
- strain ,
- stretch ,
- stuff ,
- submerge ,
- supercharge ,
- surcharge ,
- surfeit ,
- surpass ,
- swamp ,
- swarm ,
- task ,
- trample upon ,
- trouble ,
- try ,
- victimize ,
- wear ,
- weary ,
- weigh ,
- weigh on ,
- weigh upon ,
- well over ,
- whelm ,
- work ,
- worry ,
- wrong .
- Overrated ,
- Overvalued ,
- Overvaluing ,
- be intemperate ,
- bite off too much ,
- do to death ,
- drive oneself ,
- go overboard ,
- go too far ,
- hyped ,
- laid on ,
- lay it on ,
- lay on ,
- laying on ,
- lays on ,
- make federal case ,
- not know when to stop ,
- over-estimate ,
- over-rate ,
- overestimate ,
- overestimated ,
- overestimates ,
- overestimating ,
- overtire ,
- overtired ,
- overuses ,
- overusing ,
- overvalue ,
- overvalues ,
- pile on ,
- piling on ,
- run into the ground ,
- strain oneself ,
- talk big ,
- wear oneself out ,
- went too far .
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How to use "Overburden" in context?
"overburden" is a term used to describe the weight of an object that is resting on, or pushing down on another object. Overburden can be caused by natural factors, like soil and rock, or by man-made factors, like buildings and roads. Overburden can also impact the natural environment, leading to environmental problems, such as erosion. In order to manage overburden properly, it is important to understand the different types of overburden and how they can affect the environment and people.
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