Antonyms of verb saddle

1 of 3 senses of saddle

Sense 1
saddle -- (put a saddle on; "saddle the horses")
       Antonym of unsaddle (Sense 1)
      => unsaddle, offsaddle -- (remove the saddle from; "They unsaddled their mounts")

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

3 senses of saddle

Sense 1
saddle -- (put a saddle on; "saddle the horses")
       => attach -- (cause to be attached)

Sense 2
saddle -- (load or burden; encumber; "he saddled me with that heavy responsibility")
       => burden, burthen, weight, weight down -- (weight down with a load)

Sense 3
charge, saddle, burden -- (impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend")
       => command, require -- (make someone do something)

Antonyms of adj saddled

2 senses of saddled

Sense 1
saddled (vs. unsaddled) -- (having a saddle on or being mounted on a saddled animal; "saddled and spurred and ready to ride")

unsaddled (vs. saddled) -- (with no saddle)
        => bareback, barebacked -- (riding without a saddle; "a bareback rider")

Sense 2
saddled -- (subject to an imposed burden; "left me saddled with the bill"; "found himself saddled with more responsibility than power")

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

Similarity of adj saddled

2 senses of saddled

Sense 1
saddled (vs. unsaddled) -- (having a saddle on or being mounted on a saddled animal; "saddled and spurred and ready to ride")

Sense 2
saddled -- (subject to an imposed burden; "left me saddled with the bill"; "found himself saddled with more responsibility than power")
       => burdened (vs. unburdened) -- (bearing a heavy burden of work or difficulties or responsibilities; "she always felt burdened by the load of paper work")