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Synonyms:
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Related Words:
- unburden
collapse - take the burden off; remove the burden from; "unburden the donkey"
- free or relieve (someone) of a burden related words >
- 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
- 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
- carry weight
collapse
- have influence to a specified degree; "Her opinion carries a lot of weight" related words >
- amount to something,
- balance,
- be featured,
- be heavy,
- be influential,
- be persuasive,
- be prominent,
- be somebody,
- be something,
- count,
- counterbalance,
- cut ice,
- cut some ice,
- get top billing,
- have an in,
- have full play,
- have influence,
- have personality,
- have pull,
- have weight,
- heft,
- hold the scales,
- import,
- lie heavy,
- matter,
- signify,
- stand out,
- star,
- strike a balance,
- tell,
- tip the scales,
- weigh,
- weigh heavy,
- weigh in,
- weigh out,
- weight
- weigh down
collapse
- be oppressive or disheartening to related words >
- ballast,
- bear hard upon,
- burden,
- cramp,
- cripple,
- cumber,
- embarrass,
- encumber,
- enmesh,
- ensnarl,
- entangle,
- entoil,
- entrammel,
- entrap,
- entwine,
- fetter,
- go hard with,
- go ill with,
- hamper,
- hamstring,
- handicap,
- hobble,
- impede,
- involve,
- lame,
- lead,
- lie on,
- lime,
- load,
- lumber,
- net,
- oppress,
- overburden,
- overload,
- press,
- press down,
- sadden,
- saddle with,
- sandbag,
- shackle,
- snarl,
- tangle,
- toil,
- trammel,
- try one,
- weigh heavy on,
- weigh on,
- weigh upon,
- weight,
- weight down
- overburden
collapse
- the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits
- burden with too much work or responsibility
- load with excessive weight related words >
- bear hard upon,
- burden,
- burthen,
- charge,
- choke,
- congest,
- cram,
- crowd,
- cumber,
- drench,
- encumber,
- freight,
- glut,
- gluttonize,
- go hard with,
- go ill with,
- gorge,
- hamper,
- handicap,
- jam,
- jam-pack,
- lade,
- lie on,
- load,
- oppress,
- overcharge,
- overfeed,
- overfill,
- overlade,
- overload,
- overstuff,
- overtax,
- overweigh,
- overweight,
- pack,
- press hard upon,
- rest hard upon,
- saddle,
- satiate,
- saturate,
- soak,
- stuff,
- supercharge,
- supersaturate,
- surcharge,
- surfeit,
- tax,
- try one,
- weigh down,
- weigh heavy on,
- weigh on,
- weigh upon
- dip into
collapse
- read selectively; read only certain passages from a text related words >
- blink,
- carefully ignore,
- cold-shoulder,
- cut a corner,
- cut corners,
- dip into,
- dodge,
- examine cursorily,
- fudge,
- give the once-over,
- glance at,
- page through,
- pass over,
- pass over lightly,
- scamp,
- scan,
- skim,
- skim over,
- skim the surface,
- skimp,
- slight,
- slip through,
- slubber over,
- slur,
- slur over,
- thumb through,
- touch upon,
- touch upon lightly,
- zip through
- abut on,
- be based on,
- be contingent on,
- be dependent on,
- be predicated on,
- bear hard upon,
- bear on,
- bear upon,
- bestraddle,
- bestride,
- burden,
- depend,
- depend on,
- go hard with,
- go ill with,
- hang,
- hang on,
- hinge,
- hinge on,
- lean on,
- lie with,
- load,
- oppress,
- overburden,
- overload,
- perch,
- press,
- press down,
- rely on,
- repose on,
- rest,
- rest on,
- rest with,
- revolve on,
- ride,
- sit on,
- stand on,
- straddle,
- stride,
- try one,
- turn on,
- turn upon,
- weigh down,
- weigh heavy on,
- weigh on,
- weigh upon
- bear hard upon,
- bear on,
- bear upon,
- beat down,
- burden,
- burthen,
- cast down,
- charge,
- crush one,
- cumber,
- damp,
- dampen,
- dampen the spirits,
- darken,
- dash,
- deject,
- depress,
- discourage,
- dishearten,
- dispirit,
- encumber,
- exhaust,
- freight,
- go hard with,
- go ill with,
- hamper,
- handicap,
- haunt,
- haunt the memory,
- knock down,
- lade,
- lie on,
- load,
- lower,
- lower the spirits,
- obsess,
- oppress,
- overburden,
- overload,
- overtax,
- overweight,
- press,
- press down,
- press hard upon,
- prey on,
- rest hard upon,
- rest on,
- sadden,
- saddle,
- sink,
- tax,
- tire,
- try one,
- wear out,
- wear upon one,
- weary,
- weigh down,
- weigh heavy on,
- weigh heavy upon,
- weigh on,
- weight down
- sadden
collapse
- make unhappy; "The news of her death saddened me"
- come to feel sad related words >
- affect,
- aggrieve,
- beat down,
- cast down,
- damp,
- dampen,
- dampen the spirits,
- darken,
- dash,
- deject,
- depress,
- discourage,
- dishearten,
- dispirit,
- distress,
- grieve,
- knock down,
- lower,
- lower the spirits,
- melt,
- melt the heart,
- move,
- oppress,
- press,
- press down,
- reach,
- sink,
- soften,
- sorrow,
- touch,
- weigh down,
- weigh heavy upon,
- weigh upon
- adumbrate,
- allude to,
- cast a glance,
- dip into,
- drop a hint,
- examine cursorily,
- flip,
- give a hint,
- give the cue,
- give the once-over,
- glance,
- glimpse,
- glint,
- hint,
- hint at,
- imply,
- indicate,
- insinuate,
- intimate,
- page through,
- pass over lightly,
- prompt,
- scan,
- skim,
- skim over,
- skip over,
- slip through,
- slur,
- slur over,
- suggest,
- thumb through,
- touch upon,
- touch upon lightly,
- zip through
- 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
- cut corners
collapse
- do something the cheapest or easiest way; "Cut corners to make a cheaper product" related words >
- blink,
- carefully ignore,
- cold-shoulder,
- curtail expenses,
- cut a corner,
- cut across,
- cut back,
- cut down,
- cut through,
- dodge,
- fudge,
- make a beeline,
- pare down expenses,
- pass over,
- pass over lightly,
- retrench,
- roll back,
- scamp,
- short-cut,
- skim,
- skim over,
- skim the surface,
- skimp,
- skip over,
- slight,
- slow down,
- slubber over,
- slur,
- slur over,
- take a reef,
- touch upon,
- touch upon lightly
- bag,
- bail,
- barrel,
- bear hard upon,
- bottle,
- box,
- brim,
- burden,
- burthen,
- can,
- charge,
- chock,
- clog,
- congest,
- cram,
- crate,
- crowd,
- cumber,
- dip,
- encumber,
- fill,
- fill to overflowing,
- fill up,
- freight,
- hamper,
- handicap,
- heap,
- heap up,
- jam,
- jam-pack,
- ladle,
- load,
- mass,
- oppress,
- overburden,
- overfill,
- overload,
- overtax,
- overweight,
- pack,
- pack away,
- pad,
- pile,
- pocket,
- press hard upon,
- ram in,
- rest hard upon,
- sack,
- saddle,
- satiate,
- saturate,
- scoop,
- ship,
- stack,
- store,
- stow,
- stuff,
- supercharge,
- surfeit,
- tax,
- top off,
- wad,
- weigh,
- weigh heavy on,
- weigh on,
- weigh upon,
- weight
- blink,
- brush-off,
- carefully ignore,
- cut,
- cut a corner,
- cut corners,
- cut direct,
- dismissal,
- disregard,
- dodge,
- fudge,
- high-hat,
- humiliation,
- not receive,
- ostracize,
- pass over,
- pass over lightly,
- rebuff,
- refusal,
- repulse,
- scamp,
- skim,
- skim over,
- skim the surface,
- skimp,
- skip over,
- slight,
- slubber over,
- slur,
- slur over,
- sneer,
- sniff,
- snob,
- snort,
- snub,
- spurn,
- spurning,
- the cold shoulder,
- the go-by,
- touch upon,
- touch upon lightly,
- turn away from,
- upstage
- add,
- adjoin,
- affix,
- agglutinate,
- annex,
- append,
- attach,
- bear hard upon,
- block,
- burden,
- burthen,
- charge,
- clog,
- complicate,
- conjoin,
- cramp,
- cripple,
- cumber,
- decorate,
- discommode,
- embarrass,
- enmesh,
- ensnarl,
- entangle,
- entoil,
- entrammel,
- entrap,
- entwine,
- fetter,
- freight,
- glue on,
- hamper,
- hamstring,
- handicap,
- hinder,
- hitch on,
- hobble,
- impede,
- incommode,
- inconvenience,
- infix,
- involve,
- join with,
- lade,
- lame,
- lime,
- load,
- lumber,
- net,
- obstruct,
- oppress,
- ornament,
- overburden,
- overload,
- overtax,
- overweight,
- paste on,
- plus,
- postfix,
- prefix,
- press down,
- press hard upon,
- put with,
- rest hard upon,
- retard,
- saddle,
- saddle with,
- shackle,
- slap on,
- slow down,
- snarl,
- strain,
- subjoin,
- suffix,
- superadd,
- superpose,
- tack on,
- tag,
- tag on,
- tangle,
- tax,
- toil,
- trammel,
- unite with,
- weigh,
- weigh down,
- weigh heavy on,
- weigh on,
- weigh upon,
- weight
- skimp
collapse
- work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially related words >
- begrudge,
- blink,
- carefully ignore,
- cold-shoulder,
- cut a corner,
- cut corners,
- dodge,
- economize,
- enforce economies,
- exiguous,
- famish,
- fudge,
- grudge,
- husband,
- keep within compass,
- live upon nothing,
- make ends meet,
- manage,
- pass over,
- pass over lightly,
- pinch,
- pinch pennies,
- poor,
- put something aside,
- save,
- scamp,
- scant,
- scanty,
- scrape,
- scrape and save,
- screw,
- scrimp,
- scrimpy,
- short,
- skim,
- skim over,
- skim the surface,
- skimpy,
- skip over,
- slight,
- slubber over,
- slur,
- slur over,
- spare,
- sparse,
- starve,
- stint,
- touch upon,
- touch upon lightly
- abridge,
- blink,
- brief,
- browse,
- capsule,
- capsulize,
- carefully ignore,
- cold-shoulder,
- condense,
- cut a corner,
- cut corners,
- dip into,
- dodge,
- examine cursorily,
- fudge,
- give the once-over,
- glance at,
- glance over,
- glance through,
- nutshell,
- outline,
- page through,
- pass over,
- pass over lightly,
- run over,
- run through,
- scamp,
- scan,
- scratch the surface,
- shorten,
- sketch,
- sketch out,
- skim,
- skim over,
- skim the surface,
- skimp,
- skip over,
- slight,
- slip through,
- slubber over,
- slur,
- slur over,
- summarize,
- synopsize,
- thumb over,
- thumb through,
- touch upon,
- touch upon lightly,
- zip through
- address to,
- affect,
- allude to,
- answer to,
- appertain to,
- apply to,
- bear on,
- bear upon,
- belong to,
- blink,
- bring to attention,
- bring to notice,
- brush,
- brush by,
- call attention to,
- carefully ignore,
- cite,
- cold-shoulder,
- comment upon,
- concern,
- connect,
- correspond to,
- criticize,
- cut a corner,
- cut corners,
- deal with,
- descant,
- dip into,
- direct attention to,
- direct to,
- discourse,
- discuss,
- dissert,
- dissertate,
- dodge,
- examine cursorily,
- focus on,
- fudge,
- give the once-over,
- glance,
- glance at,
- go into,
- graze,
- handle,
- have connection with,
- inquire into,
- interest,
- involve,
- kiss,
- liaise with,
- link with,
- mention,
- page through,
- pass over,
- pass over lightly,
- pertain to,
- pick out,
- point at,
- point out,
- point to,
- refer to,
- regard,
- relate to,
- remark upon,
- respect,
- review,
- scamp,
- scan,
- scrape,
- scratch the surface,
- skim,
- skim over,
- skim the surface,
- skimp,
- skip over,
- slight,
- slip through,
- slubber over,
- slur,
- slur over,
- specify,
- survey,
- sweep,
- take up,
- thumb through,
- tie in with,
- touch,
- touch lightly,
- touch on,
- touch upon lightly,
- treat,
- treat of,
- write up,
- zip through
- heft
collapse
- the property of being large in mass
- test the weight of something by lifting it related words >
- avoirdupois,
- balance,
- be heavy,
- beef,
- beefiness,
- boost,
- buoy up,
- carry weight,
- cast up,
- counterbalance,
- deadweight,
- elevate,
- erect,
- escalate,
- fatness,
- gravity,
- gross weight,
- have weight,
- heave,
- heaviness,
- heftiness,
- heighten,
- heist,
- hike,
- hoick,
- hoist,
- hold the scales,
- hold up,
- jerk up,
- knock up,
- levitate,
- lie heavy,
- lift,
- lift up,
- liveweight,
- lob,
- loft,
- neat weight,
- net,
- net weight,
- overbalance,
- overweight,
- perk up,
- ponderability,
- ponderosity,
- ponderousness,
- poundage,
- raise,
- raise up,
- rear,
- rear up,
- rise,
- set up,
- sky,
- stick up,
- strike a balance,
- throw up,
- tip the scales,
- tonnage,
- underweight,
- up,
- upbuoy,
- upcast,
- upheave,
- uphoist,
- uphold,
- uplift,
- upraise,
- uprear,
- upthrow,
- weigh,
- weigh heavy,
- weigh in,
- weigh out,
- weight,
- weightiness
- 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
- 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
- overload
collapse
- an excessive burden
- an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power
- place too much a load on; "don't overload the car"
- become overloaded; "The aerator overloaded" related words >
- adorn,
- bale,
- bear hard upon,
- burden,
- burdening,
- burthen,
- cargo,
- charge,
- charging,
- choke,
- congest,
- congestion,
- convolute,
- cram,
- crowd,
- cumber,
- cumbrance,
- deadweight,
- decorate,
- drag,
- drench,
- elaborate,
- embellish,
- embroider,
- encumber,
- encumbrance,
- engorgement,
- enrich,
- festoon,
- flourish,
- freight,
- gild,
- glut,
- gluttonize,
- go hard with,
- go ill with,
- gorge,
- hamper,
- handicap,
- hindrance,
- hyperemia,
- impede,
- impediment,
- incubus,
- incumbency,
- involve,
- jam,
- jam-pack,
- lade,
- lading,
- lie on,
- load,
- load with ornament,
- loading,
- millstone,
- oppress,
- oppression,
- ornament,
- overbrimming,
- overburden,
- overcharge,
- overfeed,
- overfill,
- overflow,
- overfreight,
- overfullness,
- overlade,
- overlay,
- overspill,
- overstuff,
- overtax,
- overtaxing,
- overweigh,
- overweight,
- overweighting,
- pack,
- plethora,
- press hard upon,
- pressure,
- repletion,
- rest hard upon,
- saddle,
- saddle with,
- saddling,
- satiate,
- satiety,
- saturate,
- saturation,
- soak,
- strain,
- stuff,
- supercharge,
- superincumbency,
- supersaturate,
- supersaturation,
- surcharge,
- surfeit,
- tax,
- taxing,
- trick out,
- try one,
- varnish,
- weigh down,
- weigh heavy on,
- weigh on,
- weigh upon
- allow for,
- becloud,
- befog,
- blanket,
- blind,
- blink,
- blink at,
- camouflage,
- carefully ignore,
- cloak,
- cloud,
- cold-shoulder,
- color,
- conceal,
- cover,
- cover up,
- curtain,
- cut a corner,
- cut corners,
- diminish,
- dip into,
- discount,
- disguise,
- disregard,
- dissemble,
- distract attention from,
- dodge,
- ease,
- eclipse,
- ensconce,
- enshroud,
- envelop,
- examine cursorily,
- extenuate,
- fail,
- forget,
- fudge,
- give the once-over,
- glance at,
- gloss over,
- hide,
- ignore,
- keep under cover,
- lessen,
- make allowance for,
- mask,
- mince,
- mitigate,
- obfuscate,
- obscure,
- occult,
- omit,
- overlook,
- page through,
- palliate,
- pass over,
- pass over lightly,
- scamp,
- scan,
- screen,
- shade,
- shroud,
- skim,
- skim over,
- skim the surface,
- skimp,
- skip over,
- slight,
- slip through,
- slubber over,
- slur,
- soft-pedal,
- soften,
- thumb through,
- touch upon,
- touch upon lightly,
- varnish,
- veil,
- whitewash,
- zip through
- effortlessly
collapse
- without effort or apparent effort; "she danced gracefully and effortlessly"; "swallows gliding effortlessly through the air" related words >
- scamp
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- perform hastily and carelessly related words >
- bad boy,
- begrudge,
- bird,
- blackguard,
- blink,
- booger,
- buffoon,
- bugger,
- carefully ignore,
- chap,
- cold-shoulder,
- cut a corner,
- cut corners,
- cutup,
- devil,
- dodge,
- dog,
- duck,
- elf,
- enfant terrible,
- famish,
- fudge,
- funmaker,
- grudge,
- hood,
- hoodlum,
- hooligan,
- imp,
- joker,
- jokester,
- knave,
- limb,
- little devil,
- little monkey,
- little rascal,
- live upon nothing,
- minx,
- mischief,
- mischief-maker,
- pass over,
- pass over lightly,
- pinch,
- pinch pennies,
- pixie,
- practical joker,
- prankster,
- precious rascal,
- puck,
- rapscallion,
- rascal,
- ribald,
- rogue,
- rowdy,
- ruffian,
- scalawag,
- scant,
- scapegrace,
- scoundrel,
- screw,
- scrimp,
- shyster,
- skim,
- skim over,
- skim the surface,
- skimp,
- skip over,
- slight,
- slubber over,
- slur,
- slur over,
- slyboots,
- sneak,
- spalpeen,
- starve,
- stint,
- touch upon,
- touch upon lightly,
- villain,
- wag
- lighten
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- 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
- abut on,
- bank on,
- be based on,
- be contingent on,
- be dependent on,
- be predicated on,
- bear on,
- bear upon,
- bestraddle,
- bestride,
- bet on,
- calculate on,
- count on,
- depend,
- depend on,
- gamble on,
- hang,
- hang on,
- hinge,
- hinge on,
- lean on,
- lie on,
- lie with,
- perch,
- place reliance on,
- press,
- press down,
- reckon on,
- rely on,
- rely upon,
- repose on,
- rest,
- rest with,
- revolve on,
- ride,
- sit on,
- stand on,
- straddle,
- stride,
- swear by,
- trust to,
- turn on,
- turn upon,
- weigh on,
- weigh upon
- discourage
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- deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged related words >
- afflict,
- anticipate,
- avert,
- awe,
- bar,
- beat down,
- blunt,
- bother,
- cast down,
- check,
- chill,
- cool,
- cow,
- damp,
- dampen,
- dampen the spirits,
- darken,
- dash,
- daunt,
- debar,
- deflect,
- deject,
- demoralize,
- depress,
- deter,
- disaffect,
- disapprove of,
- dishearten,
- disincline,
- disinterest,
- dismay,
- disparage,
- dispirit,
- dissuade,
- distract,
- distress,
- divert,
- droop,
- estop,
- exclude,
- faze,
- fend,
- fend off,
- forbid,
- foreclose,
- forestall,
- frighten,
- help,
- hinder,
- indispose,
- inhibit,
- intimidate,
- irk,
- keep from,
- keep off,
- knock down,
- lower,
- lower the spirits,
- obviate,
- oppose,
- oppress,
- overawe,
- preclude,
- press down,
- prevent,
- prohibit,
- put off,
- quench,
- repel,
- restrain,
- rule out,
- sadden,
- save,
- scare,
- shake,
- sink,
- slow,
- stave off,
- stop,
- suppress,
- talk out of,
- trouble,
- try,
- turn aside,
- turn away,
- turn from,
- turn off,
- unman,
- unnerve,
- vex,
- ward off,
- wean from,
- weigh,
- weigh heavy upon,
- weigh upon
- carelessly,
- heedlessly,
- inconsiderately,
- indeliberately,
- involuntarily,
- lightly,
- negligently,
- permissively,
- remissly,
- scampingly,
- skimpingly,
- slightingly,
- slurringly,
- thoughtlessly,
- unadvisedly,
- uncalculatedly,
- undesignedly,
- unintentionally,
- unpremeditatedly,
- unreasoningly,
- unrigorously,
- unthinkingly,
- unthoughtfully,
- without premeditation,
- without willing
- analogize,
- assimilate,
- balance,
- bring into analogy,
- bring into comparison,
- compare,
- compare and contrast,
- compare with,
- confront,
- contrast,
- counterpose,
- draw a comparison,
- draw a parallel,
- equate,
- juxtapose,
- liken to,
- match,
- measure against,
- metaphorize,
- oppose,
- paragon,
- parallel,
- place against,
- relate,
- run a comparison,
- set in contrast,
- set in opposition,
- set off against,
- set over against,
- similize,
- view together,
- weigh,
- weigh against
- skim
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- reading or glancing through quickly
- a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; "there was a thin skim of oil on the water"
- used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed; "yogurt made with skim milk"; "she can drink skimmed milk but should avoid butter"
- read superficially
- remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk"
- coat (a liquid) with a layer
- cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond" related words >
- avalanche,
- ball the jack,
- barrel,
- blink,
- boom,
- bowl along,
- breeze,
- breeze along,
- browse,
- brush,
- brush by,
- carefully ignore,
- caress,
- carom,
- clip,
- coast,
- cold-shoulder,
- come in contact,
- contact,
- cream,
- cut a corner,
- cut along,
- cut corners,
- dap,
- dart,
- dip into,
- dodge,
- drift,
- examine cursorily,
- fleet,
- flit,
- float,
- flow,
- fly,
- fly low,
- foot,
- fudge,
- ghost,
- give the once-over,
- glance,
- glance at,
- glance over,
- glance through,
- glide,
- glissade,
- go fast,
- graze,
- highball,
- hit,
- ice-skate,
- impinge,
- kiss,
- make knots,
- nip,
- nudge,
- osculate,
- outstrip the wind,
- page through,
- pass over,
- pass over lightly,
- plow the deep,
- pour it on,
- remove,
- ricochet,
- ride,
- ride the sea,
- rip,
- roller-skate,
- rub,
- run,
- run over,
- run through,
- sail,
- scamp,
- scan,
- scorch,
- scrape,
- scratch the surface,
- scud,
- separate,
- shave,
- shoot,
- sideslip,
- sideswipe,
- sizzle,
- skate,
- skateboard,
- ski,
- skid,
- skim over,
- skim the surface,
- skimp,
- skip,
- skip over,
- skirt,
- sled,
- sleigh,
- slidder,
- slide,
- slide down,
- slight,
- slip,
- slip through,
- slither,
- slubber over,
- slur,
- slur over,
- soar,
- speed,
- squeak by,
- storm along,
- sweep,
- take off,
- tear,
- tear along,
- thumb over,
- thumb through,
- thunder along,
- toboggan,
- touch,
- touch lightly,
- touch upon,
- touch upon lightly,
- walk the waters,
- whisk,
- whiz,
- zing,
- zip,
- zip through,
- zoom
- gladly
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- in a willing manner; "this was gladly agreed to"; "I would fain do it" related words >
- airily,
- blessedly,
- blissfully,
- blithely,
- cheerfully,
- cheerily,
- delightedly,
- ecstatically,
- elatedly,
- exultantly,
- genially,
- happily,
- hopefully,
- irrepressibly,
- jauntily,
- joyfully,
- jubilantly,
- lightly,
- optimistically,
- pleasantly,
- rapturously,
- readily,
- rhapsodically,
- smilingly,
- willingly,
- with good cheer,
- with pleasure
- dishearten
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- take away the enthusiasm of related words >
- anticipate,
- avert,
- awe,
- bar,
- beat down,
- cast down,
- chill,
- damp,
- dampen,
- dampen the spirits,
- darken,
- dash,
- daunt,
- debar,
- deflect,
- deject,
- demoralize,
- depress,
- deter,
- disappoint,
- discontent,
- discourage,
- disgruntle,
- disparage,
- dispirit,
- displease,
- dissatisfy,
- estop,
- exclude,
- faze,
- fend,
- fend off,
- forbid,
- foreclose,
- forestall,
- help,
- keep from,
- keep off,
- knock down,
- lower,
- lower the spirits,
- obviate,
- oppress,
- overawe,
- preclude,
- press down,
- prevent,
- prohibit,
- put out,
- repel,
- rule out,
- sadden,
- save,
- shake,
- sink,
- stave off,
- stop,
- turn aside,
- ward off,
- weigh heavy upon,
- weigh upon
- overtax
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- tax excessively; "Don't overtax my constituents!" related words >
- bear hard upon,
- bleed,
- bleed white,
- burden,
- burthen,
- busy,
- carry too far,
- charge,
- clip,
- cumber,
- drive,
- encumber,
- exaggerate,
- exhaust,
- exploit,
- fag,
- fleece,
- freight,
- go overboard,
- go to extremes,
- go too far,
- gouge,
- hamper,
- handicap,
- haul,
- heave,
- hold up,
- keep busy,
- know no bounds,
- lade,
- load,
- oppress,
- overact,
- overburden,
- overcarry,
- overcharge,
- overdevelop,
- overdo,
- overdrive,
- overelaborate,
- overemphasize,
- overexercise,
- overexert,
- overexpend,
- overextend,
- overindulge,
- overlabor,
- overlade,
- overload,
- overplay,
- overprice,
- overreact,
- overspend,
- overstrain,
- overstress,
- overstudy,
- overtask,
- overtrain,
- overuse,
- overweigh,
- overweight,
- overwork,
- pass all bounds,
- press,
- press hard upon,
- profiteer,
- protest too much,
- pull,
- rack,
- rest hard upon,
- saddle,
- screw,
- skin,
- soak,
- stick,
- sting,
- strain,
- strain every nerve,
- stress,
- stretch,
- surcharge,
- sweat,
- sweat blood,
- swindle,
- task,
- tax,
- tense,
- tug,
- victimize,
- weigh heavy on,
- weigh on,
- weigh upon,
- work
- swimmingly
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- with great ease and success; "in spite of some mishaps, everything went swimmingly" related words >
- beyond all expectation,
- boomingly,
- easily,
- effortlessly,
- facilely,
- favorably,
- flourishingly,
- fortunately,
- handily,
- hands down,
- happily,
- lightly,
- like clockwork,
- like nothing,
- no sweat,
- on easy terms,
- prosperously,
- readily,
- satisfyingly,
- simply,
- smoothly,
- successfully,
- thrivingly,
- to good purpose,
- to some purpose,
- well,
- without difficulty
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