Synonyms of the word

encumbrance

• n. Something that encumbers; a burden that must be carried.
• n. (law) an interest, right, burden, or liability attached to a title of land, such as a lien or mortgage.

burden

• n. A heavy load.
• n. A responsibility, onus.
• n. A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
• n. The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.
• n. (mining) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
• n. (metalworking) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
• n. A fixed quantity of certain commodities.
• n. (obsolete, rare) A birth.
• n. (medicine) The total amount of toxins, parasites, cancer cells, plaque or the such present in an organism.
• v. (transitive) To encumber with a burden (in any of the noun senses of the word).
• v. To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).
• n. (music) A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad.
• n. The drone of a bagpipe.
• n. (obsolete) Theme, core idea.

charge

• n. The scope of someone's responsibility.
• n. Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
• n. A load or burden; cargo.
• n. The amount of money levied for a service.
• n. An instruction.
• n. (military) A ground attack against a prepared enemy.
• n. An accusation.
• n. An electric charge.
• n. (basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
• n. A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a firearm cartridge.
• n. (heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon.
• n. A forceful forward movement.
• n. A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
• n. (farriery) A sort of plaster or ointment.
• n. (obsolete) Weight; import; value.
• n. (historical or obsolete) A measure of thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds;…
• n. (ecclesiastical) An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.
• v. To assign a duty or responsibility to.
• v. (transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account.
• v. (transitive) To pay on account, as by using a credit card.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.).
• v. (possibly archaic) To sell at a given price.
• v. (law) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
• v. To impute or ascribe.
• v. To call to account; to challenge.
• v. (transitive) To place a burden or load on or in.
• v. (transitive) To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose…
• v. (intransitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.
• v. (transitive, of a hunting dog) To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog…

concern

• n. That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone. The adposition before…
• n. The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person.
• n. A business, firm or enterprise; a company.
• n. (programming) Any set of information that affects the code of a computer program.
• v. (transitive) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of;…
• v. (transitive) To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest.
• v. (transitive) To make somebody worried.

headache

• n. A pain or ache in the head.
• n. (figurative) A nuisance or unpleasant problem.

hinderance

• n. Archaic spelling of hindrance.

hindrance

• n. Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
• n. The state or act of hindering something.

hitch

• n. A sudden pull.
• n. Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope . See List of hitch knots…
• n. A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer.
• n. (informal) A problem, delay or source of difficulty.
• n. A hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch.
• n. A period of time. Most often refers to time spent in the military.
• v. (transitive) To pull with a jerk.
• v. (transitive) To attach, tie or fasten.
• v. (informal) To marry oneself to; especially to get hitched.
• v. (informal, transitive) contraction of hitchhike, to thumb a ride.
• v. (intransitive) To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
• v. (intransitive) To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; said of something obstructed or impeded.
• v. (Britain) To strike the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.

impediment

• n. A hindrance; that which impedes or hinders progress.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta.

impedimenta

• n. Equipment intended for an activity that serves as more of a hindrance than a help, especially military…
• n. plural of impedimentum.

incumbrance

• n. A burden; a thing that must be carried.
• n. (law) an interest, right, burden, or liability attached to a title of land, such as a lien or mortgage.

interference

• n. The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.
• n. (sports) The illegal obstruction of an opponent in some ball games.
• n. (physics) An effect caused by the superposition of two systems of waves, such as a distortion on a broadcast…
• n. (US, law) In United States patent law, an inter partes proceeding to determine the priority issues of…
• n. (chess) The interruption of the line between an attacked piece and its defender by sacrificially interposing…

load

• n. A burden; a weight to be carried.
• n. (figuratively) A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.
• n. A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
• n. (in combination) Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity…
• n. (often in the plural, colloquial) A large number or amount.
• n. The volume of work required to be performed.
• n. (engineering) The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.
• n. (electrical engineering) The electrical current or power delivered by a device.
• n. (engineering) A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work.
• n. (electrical engineering) Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit.
• n. A unit of measure for various quantities.
• n. A very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar.
• n. The charge of powder for a firearm.
• n. (obsolete) Weight or violence of blows.
• n. (vulgar, slang) The contents (e.g. semen) of an ejaculation.
• n. (euphemistic) Nonsense; rubbish.
• n. (computing) The process of loading something, i.e. transferring it into memory or over a network, etc.
• v. (transitive) To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).
• v. (transitive) To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.
• v. (intransitive) To put a load on something.
• v. (intransitive) To receive a load.
• v. (intransitive) To be placed into storage or conveyance.
• v. (transitive) To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.
• v. (transitive) To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a…
• v. (transitive) To fill (an apparatus) with raw material.
• v. (intransitive) To be put into use in an apparatus.
• v. (transitive, computing) To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory.
• v. (intransitive, computing) To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.
• v. (transitive, baseball) To put runners on first, second and third bases.
• v. (transitive) To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome.
• v. (transitive) To ask or adapt a question so that it will be more likely to be answered in a certain way.
• v. (transitive) To encumber with something negative, to place as an encumbrance.
• v. (transitive) To provide in abundance.
• v. (transitive, archaic, slang) To adulterate or drug.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To magnetize.

obstructer

• n. Someone who obstructs, agent noun of obstruct.

obstruction

• n. The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
• n. That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an impediment; a hindrance.
• n. The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions;…

obstructor

• n. Alternative form of obstructer.

onus

• n. A legal obligation.
• n. (uncountable) Burden of proof, onus probandi.
• n. Stigma.
• n. Blame.
• n. Responsibility; burden.

preventative

• adj. Alternative form of preventive.
• n. Alternative form of preventive.

preventive

• adj. Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.
• adj. Carried out to deter military aggression.
• adj. Slowing the development of an illness; prophylactic.
• adj. (obsolete) Going before; preceding.
• n. (dated) A thing that prevents, hinders, or acts as an obstacle to.
• n. (nonstandard) A thing that slows the development of an illness.
• n. A contraceptive, especially a condom.

vexation

• n. The act of annoying, vexing, or irritating.
• n. The state of being vexed or irritated.

worry

• v. (intransitive) To be troubled, to give way to mental anxiety.
• v. (transitive) Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.
• v. (transitive) To harass; to irritate or distress.
• v. (transitive) To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.
• v. (transitive) To touch repeatedly, to fiddle with.
• v. (transitive, obsolete, except in Scots) To strangle.
• n. A strong feeling of anxiety.
• n. An instance or cause of such a feeling.