Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb overburden

2 senses of overburden

Sense 1
overburden -- (burden with too much work or responsibility)
       => charge, saddle, burden -- (impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend")

Sense 2
overburden -- (load with excessive weight)
       => burden, burthen, weight, weight down -- (weight down with a load)

Antonyms of adj overburdened

1 sense of overburdened

Sense 1
bowed down (predicate), loaded down (predicate), overburdened, weighed down (predicate) -- (heavily burdened with work or cares; "bowed down with troubles"; "found himself loaded down with responsibilities"; "overburdened social workers"; "weighed down with cares")

INDIRECT (VIA burdened) -> unburdened -- (not burdened with difficulties or responsibilities; "unburdened by an overarching theory"- Alex Inkeles)

Similarity of adj overburdened

1 sense of overburdened

Sense 1
bowed down (predicate), loaded down (predicate), overburdened, weighed down (predicate) -- (heavily burdened with work or cares; "bowed down with troubles"; "found himself loaded down with responsibilities"; "overburdened social workers"; "weighed down with cares")
       => burdened (vs. unburdened) -- (bearing a heavy burden of work or difficulties or responsibilities; "she always felt burdened by the load of paper work")

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