Exact Match:
- unburden
- take the burden off; remove the burden from; "unburden the donkey"
- free or relieve (someone) of a burden
Synonyms:
- alleviate,
- be light,
- break bulk,
- clear,
- disburden,
- discharge,
- disembarrass,
- disencumber,
- dump,
- ease,
- have little weight,
- kick the beam,
- lighten,
- lose,
- make light,
- make lighter,
- off-load,
- reduce weight,
- relieve,
- rid,
- set at ease,
- shake off,
- throw off,
- unballast,
- unfreight,
- unlade,
- unload,
- unpack,
- unship,
- weigh lightly
Related Words:
- beg,
- cast off,
- circumvent,
- clear,
- dispel,
- ditch,
- do away with,
- double,
- eliminate,
- elude,
- escape,
- evade,
- exterminate,
- fling off,
- get around,
- get away from,
- get clear of,
- get free of,
- get out of,
- get quit of,
- get rid of,
- liquidate,
- lose,
- purge,
- rid,
- shake,
- shoo,
- shuffle out of,
- skirt,
- throw away,
- throw off,
- unburden
- break loose,
- break out,
- clear,
- cut loose,
- disburden,
- disembroil,
- disencumber,
- disengage,
- disentangle,
- disinvolve,
- dislodge,
- extricate,
- free,
- free up,
- get out,
- liberate,
- lighten,
- release,
- rid,
- set at ease,
- tear loose,
- unburden,
- unclutter,
- unfreight,
- unknot,
- unload,
- unravel,
- unscramble,
- unsnarl,
- untangle,
- untie,
- untwine
- alleviate,
- be light,
- clear,
- disburden,
- disembarrass,
- disembroil,
- disengage,
- disentangle,
- disinvolve,
- ease,
- extricate,
- free,
- free up,
- have little weight,
- kick the beam,
- liberate,
- lighten,
- make light,
- make lighter,
- off-load,
- reduce weight,
- relieve,
- set at ease,
- unballast,
- unburden,
- unclutter,
- unfreight,
- unlade,
- unload,
- unscramble,
- unsnarl,
- untangle,
- untie,
- untwine,
- weigh lightly
- unpack
collapse - remove from its packing; "unpack the presents" related words >
- bare,
- break bulk,
- break the seal,
- bring to light,
- develop,
- disburden,
- discharge,
- disclose,
- discover,
- dismask,
- draw the veil,
- dump,
- expose,
- impart,
- lay bare,
- lay open,
- let daylight in,
- let out,
- manifest,
- off-load,
- open,
- open up,
- raise the curtain,
- reveal,
- show,
- show up,
- strip bare,
- unburden,
- uncloak,
- uncover,
- undrape,
- unfold,
- unfurl,
- unkennel,
- unlade,
- unload,
- unmask,
- unroll,
- unscreen,
- unsheathe,
- unship,
- unshroud,
- unveil,
- unwrap
- abridge,
- alleviate,
- be light,
- bereave,
- bleed,
- break bulk,
- clear,
- curtail,
- cut off,
- deprive,
- deprive of,
- discharge,
- disembarrass,
- disembroil,
- disencumber,
- disengage,
- disentangle,
- disentitle,
- disinvolve,
- divest,
- drain,
- dump,
- ease,
- ease one of,
- extricate,
- free,
- free up,
- have little weight,
- kick the beam,
- liberate,
- lighten,
- lighten one of,
- make light,
- make lighter,
- milk,
- mine,
- off-load,
- reduce weight,
- relieve,
- set at ease,
- take away from,
- take from,
- tap,
- unballast,
- unburden,
- unclutter,
- unfreight,
- unlade,
- unload,
- unpack,
- unscramble,
- unship,
- unsnarl,
- weigh lightly
- unload
collapse
- take the load off (a container or vehicle); "unload the truck"; "offload the van" related words >
- alleviate,
- be light,
- break bulk,
- clear the trade,
- close out,
- convert,
- convert into cash,
- cut under,
- debark,
- disburden,
- discharge,
- disembark,
- disembarrass,
- disencumber,
- dump,
- ease,
- effect a sale,
- empty,
- have little weight,
- jettison,
- job,
- kick the beam,
- land,
- lighten,
- liquidate,
- make a sale,
- make light,
- make lighter,
- market,
- merchandise,
- move,
- off-load,
- offload,
- reduce weight,
- relieve,
- resell,
- retail,
- sacrifice,
- sell,
- sell off,
- sell on consignment,
- sell out,
- sell over,
- sell retail,
- sell short,
- sell up,
- sell wholesale,
- set at ease,
- stevedore,
- terminate the account,
- turn into money,
- turn over,
- unballast,
- unburden,
- undercut,
- undersell,
- unfreight,
- unlade,
- unpack,
- unship,
- weigh lightly,
- wholesale
- lose
collapse
- fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war"
- suffer the loss of a person through death or removal; "She lost her husband in the war"; "The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her"
- allow to go out of sight; "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light"
- miss from one's possessions; lose sight of; "I've lost my glasses again!"
- fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense; "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat"
- fail to get or obtain; "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad"
- fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit; "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!"; "The company turned a loss after the first year" related words >
- be bereaved of,
- be found wanting,
- be unsuccessful,
- bereave,
- bite the dust,
- bow,
- bow to,
- capitulate,
- clear,
- come to grief,
- consume,
- decline,
- default,
- disinherit,
- displace,
- dispossess,
- dissipate,
- divest,
- draw a blank,
- drop,
- elude,
- escape,
- evade,
- exhaust,
- expend,
- fail,
- fail of success,
- fall,
- flunk,
- flunk out,
- forfeit,
- forget,
- fritter away,
- give the slip,
- give up,
- go astray from,
- go bankrupt,
- go down,
- go under,
- have enough,
- incur loss,
- kiss good-bye,
- labor in vain,
- let slip,
- lick the dust,
- lose out,
- lose sight of,
- lose the day,
- mislay,
- misplace,
- miss,
- not come off,
- not pass,
- not remember,
- not work,
- oust,
- part with,
- relinquish,
- rid,
- rob,
- sacrifice,
- say uncle,
- shake off,
- slip,
- spend,
- spill,
- squander,
- succumb,
- suffer loss,
- surrender,
- take the count,
- throw off,
- trifle away,
- tumble,
- unburden,
- undergo privation,
- use up,
- wander from,
- waste,
- yield
- abate,
- allay,
- anesthetize,
- appease,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- attenuate,
- bank the fire,
- bate,
- be light,
- benumb,
- blunt,
- chasten,
- constrain,
- control,
- cure,
- cushion,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- deaden the pain,
- dilute,
- diminish,
- disburden,
- disencumber,
- downplay,
- dull,
- ease,
- ease matters,
- extenuate,
- foment,
- give relief,
- have little weight,
- keep within bounds,
- kick the beam,
- lay,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- lighten,
- lull,
- make light,
- make lighter,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modulate,
- mollify,
- numb,
- obtund,
- off-load,
- pad,
- palliate,
- play down,
- poultice,
- pour balm into,
- pour oil on,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- reduce weight,
- relieve,
- remedy,
- remit,
- restrain,
- salve,
- slacken,
- slake,
- slow down,
- smother,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soften,
- soothe,
- stifle,
- stupe,
- subdue,
- suppress,
- tame,
- temper,
- tone down,
- tune down,
- unballast,
- unburden,
- underplay,
- unlade,
- unload,
- water down,
- weaken,
- weigh lightly
- lighten
collapse
- become lighter; "The room lightened up"
- become more cheerful; "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit"
- reduce the weight on; make lighter; "she lightened the load on the tired donkey"
- make more cheerful; "the conversation lightened me up a bit" related words >
- abate,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- attenuate,
- bank the fire,
- be light,
- beacon,
- blunt,
- break,
- brighten,
- brighten up,
- chasten,
- cheer up,
- constrain,
- control,
- damp,
- dampen,
- dawn,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- dilute,
- diminish,
- disburden,
- disembarrass,
- disencumber,
- downplay,
- dull,
- ease,
- enlighten,
- extenuate,
- flood with light,
- floodlight,
- gladden,
- grow bright,
- grow light,
- have little weight,
- highlight,
- illume,
- illuminate,
- illumine,
- irradiate,
- keep within bounds,
- kick the beam,
- lay,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- light,
- light up,
- luminate,
- make light,
- make lighter,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modulate,
- mollify,
- obtund,
- off-load,
- overshine,
- palliate,
- play down,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- reduce weight,
- relieve,
- relume,
- relumine,
- restrain,
- set at ease,
- shed light upon,
- shine,
- shine upon,
- slacken,
- slow down,
- smile,
- smother,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soften,
- spotlight,
- stifle,
- subdue,
- suppress,
- tame,
- temper,
- thin,
- throw light upon,
- tone down,
- tune down,
- unballast,
- unburden,
- underplay,
- unfreight,
- unlade,
- unload,
- weaken,
- weigh lightly
- rid
collapse
- relieve from; "Rid the house of pests" related words >
- abandon,
- abjure,
- abolish,
- abstract,
- assassinate,
- cast,
- cast aside,
- cast away,
- cast off,
- cast out,
- cede,
- chuck,
- clear,
- clear away,
- clear out,
- clear the decks,
- cut off,
- cut out,
- cut short,
- deep-six,
- deport,
- discard,
- disgorge,
- dispel,
- dispense with,
- dispose of,
- ditch,
- do away with,
- do without,
- drop,
- dump,
- eighty-six,
- eject,
- elide,
- eliminate,
- end,
- eradicate,
- escape,
- exile,
- expatriate,
- expel,
- exterminate,
- extinguish,
- extirpate,
- finish,
- finish off,
- fling off,
- forgo,
- forswear,
- free,
- get along without,
- get clear of,
- get free of,
- get out of,
- get quit of,
- get rid of,
- get shut of,
- give away,
- give up,
- have done with,
- jettison,
- jilt,
- kill,
- kiss good-bye,
- liberate,
- liquidate,
- lose,
- make a sacrifice,
- make away with,
- murder,
- nip,
- outlaw,
- part with,
- pick out,
- purge,
- put paid to,
- quitclaim,
- recant,
- reject,
- release,
- relinquish,
- remove,
- render up,
- renounce,
- resign,
- retract,
- root out,
- root up,
- sacrifice,
- shake off,
- shoo,
- slaughter,
- slough,
- spare,
- strike off,
- strike out,
- surrender,
- swear off,
- take off,
- throw away,
- throw off,
- throw out,
- throw over,
- throw overboard,
- throw up,
- to,
- toss overboard,
- unburden,
- uproot,
- vacate,
- waive,
- weed out,
- yield
- accomplish,
- achieve,
- act toward,
- affect,
- air,
- analyze,
- answer to,
- appertain to,
- apply to,
- attain,
- be in connection,
- be in contact,
- be responsible for,
- bear on,
- bear upon,
- behave toward,
- belong to,
- bring to account,
- bring to book,
- call to account,
- canvass,
- care for,
- carry on,
- carry out,
- carry through,
- castigate,
- chasten,
- chastise,
- clear,
- comment upon,
- commerce with,
- commune with,
- communicate,
- compass,
- complete,
- concern,
- conduct,
- connect,
- consider,
- consummate,
- contend with,
- control,
- controvert,
- converse,
- cope with,
- correct,
- correspond to,
- criticize,
- deal by,
- debate,
- deliberate,
- deliberate upon,
- descant,
- direct,
- discharge,
- discipline,
- discourse,
- discourse about,
- discuss,
- dispatch,
- dispose of,
- dissert,
- dissertate,
- do,
- do business with,
- do by,
- do the job,
- do the trick,
- do with,
- drive,
- effect,
- effectuate,
- enact,
- examine,
- exchange views,
- execute,
- fetch,
- fulfill,
- go into,
- handle,
- have connection with,
- have dealings with,
- have intercourse,
- have truck with,
- hold communication,
- inflict upon,
- inquire into,
- interchange,
- intercommunicate,
- interest,
- investigate,
- involve,
- knock around,
- knock off,
- liaise with,
- link with,
- make,
- make go,
- manage,
- maneuver,
- manipulate,
- masthead,
- operate,
- pass under review,
- patronize,
- penalize,
- perform,
- perform on,
- pertain to,
- pillory,
- pilot,
- play,
- polish off,
- practice,
- produce,
- punish,
- put away,
- rap,
- realize,
- reason,
- reason about,
- reason the point,
- refer to,
- regard,
- relate to,
- remark upon,
- respect,
- respond to,
- review,
- rid,
- run,
- see to,
- serve,
- settle with,
- shop at,
- sift,
- speak,
- square accounts,
- steer,
- steward,
- study,
- succeed,
- survey,
- take,
- take care of,
- take to task,
- take up,
- talk,
- talk about,
- talk of,
- talk over,
- thresh out,
- tie in with,
- touch,
- touch upon,
- trade at,
- trade with,
- traffic with,
- transact,
- transact business with,
- treat,
- treat of,
- turn the trick,
- unburden,
- use,
- ventilate,
- visit upon,
- work,
- work out,
- write up
- abandon,
- abrupt,
- ad-lib,
- addle,
- alienate,
- articulate,
- ball up,
- bat out,
- befuddle,
- bewilder,
- blow,
- botch,
- break the habit,
- breathe,
- breathe out,
- buck off,
- bungle,
- cast,
- cast off,
- cast out,
- chime,
- chorus,
- clear,
- come out with,
- communicate,
- convey,
- cook up,
- cut adrift,
- cut off,
- cut out,
- dash off,
- delete,
- deliver,
- depart,
- depose,
- deracinate,
- disarticulate,
- disclose,
- disconnect,
- discontinue,
- disengage,
- disgorge,
- disjoin,
- disjoint,
- dislodge,
- dismount,
- dispel,
- dissociate,
- distract,
- disunite,
- divide,
- divorce,
- dizzy,
- do anyhow,
- do away with,
- do by halves,
- do carelessly,
- do offhand,
- doff,
- douse,
- drop,
- eject,
- eliminate,
- emit,
- enunciate,
- escape,
- estrange,
- evacuate,
- exhale,
- exhaust,
- expel,
- expire,
- express,
- extemporize,
- exterminate,
- exuviate,
- fake,
- fake up,
- fling off,
- fluster,
- formulate,
- fudge up,
- fume,
- get clear of,
- get free of,
- get out of,
- get quit of,
- get rid of,
- give,
- give expression,
- give off,
- give out,
- give out with,
- give tongue,
- give up,
- give utterance,
- give vent to,
- give voice,
- impart,
- improvisate,
- improvise,
- isolate,
- issue,
- jury-rig,
- kick,
- knock off,
- knock out,
- knock together,
- lash up,
- leave,
- leave off,
- let out,
- lip,
- liquidate,
- lose,
- make up,
- mix up,
- molt,
- open the floodgates,
- open the sluices,
- out with,
- part,
- patch,
- patch together,
- patch up,
- phonate,
- phrase,
- play by ear,
- pound out,
- pour forth,
- present,
- pronounce,
- puff,
- pull away,
- pull back,
- pull out,
- purge,
- put forth,
- put in words,
- put off,
- raise,
- reek,
- release,
- remove,
- rid,
- root out,
- root up,
- rough out,
- roughcast,
- roughhew,
- say,
- scrap the plan,
- segregate,
- separate,
- sequester,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- set forth,
- shake,
- shake off,
- shed,
- shoo,
- shut off,
- slap up,
- slip,
- slip out of,
- slough,
- smoke,
- sound,
- split,
- stand aloof,
- stand apart,
- stand aside,
- steam,
- step aside,
- step out of,
- stop,
- strike off,
- subtract,
- swear off,
- take off,
- tell,
- throw away,
- throw out,
- throw together,
- toss off,
- toss out,
- toss together,
- trifle with,
- unburden,
- uncouple,
- undo,
- unhorse,
- unplace,
- unsaddle,
- unseat,
- unwrap,
- unyoke,
- uproot,
- utter,
- vamp,
- vapor,
- vent,
- verbalize,
- vocalize,
- voice,
- whip up,
- whisper,
- whomp up,
- wing it,
- withdraw,
- word
- relieve
collapse
- provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"
- alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive; "relieve the pressure and the stress"; "lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents"
- take by stealing; "The thief relieved me of $100"
- free from a burden, evil, or distress related words >
- abate,
- abet,
- abridge,
- absolve,
- act for,
- aid,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- alternate,
- anesthetize,
- appease,
- assist,
- assuage,
- assure,
- avail,
- bail out,
- be light,
- bear a hand,
- bear up,
- befriend,
- benefit,
- benumb,
- bereave,
- bleed,
- break up,
- change places with,
- cheer,
- comfort,
- condole with,
- console,
- cover,
- crowd out,
- curtail,
- cushion,
- cut off,
- cut out,
- deaden,
- deaden the pain,
- decrease,
- deliver,
- deprive,
- deprive of,
- differ,
- differentiate,
- diminish,
- disburden,
- discharge,
- disencumber,
- disentitle,
- dispense,
- displace,
- dissent,
- disunify,
- divaricate,
- diverge,
- diversify,
- divest,
- do a hitch,
- do a stint,
- do a tour,
- do good,
- do time,
- doctor,
- double for,
- drain,
- dull,
- ease,
- ease matters,
- ease one of,
- encourage,
- enlist,
- excuse,
- favor,
- fill in,
- fill in for,
- foment,
- free,
- ghost,
- ghostwrite,
- give a boost,
- give a hand,
- give a lift,
- give comfort,
- give help,
- give relief,
- have a go,
- have little weight,
- have tenure,
- hearten,
- help,
- hold office,
- keep a watch,
- kick the beam,
- knock off,
- knock over,
- lay,
- lend a hand,
- lend one aid,
- lessen,
- let,
- liberate,
- lift,
- lighten,
- lighten one of,
- loot,
- lull,
- make light,
- make lighter,
- milk,
- mine,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- mollify,
- numb,
- off-load,
- pad,
- palliate,
- pinch-hit,
- plunder,
- poultice,
- pour balm into,
- pour oil on,
- proffer aid,
- protect,
- put at ease,
- qualify,
- quiet,
- raise,
- rally,
- ransack,
- re-up,
- reassure,
- reclaim,
- redeem,
- reduce,
- reduce weight,
- reenlist,
- release,
- remedy,
- render assistance,
- replace,
- represent,
- rescue,
- restore,
- resuscitate,
- revive,
- rid,
- rifle,
- rob,
- salve,
- save,
- serve time,
- set at ease,
- set up,
- sign up,
- slacken,
- slake,
- soften,
- solace,
- soothe,
- spare,
- spell,
- spell off,
- stand in for,
- stick up,
- stupe,
- sub,
- subdue,
- subrogate,
- substitute,
- substitute for,
- succeed,
- succor,
- supersede,
- supplant,
- supply,
- support,
- swap places with,
- sympathize with,
- take away from,
- take from,
- take in tow,
- take over,
- take turns,
- tap,
- temper,
- time off,
- unballast,
- unburden,
- understudy for,
- unlade,
- unload,
- variate,
- variegate,
- vary,
- weigh lightly
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