Word Meanings - ENCUMBER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning. Not encumbered

Additional info about word: ENCUMBER

1. To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning. Not encumbered with any notable inconvenience. Hooker. 2. To load with debts, or other legal claims; as, to encumber an estate with mortgages. Syn. -- To load; clog; oppress; overload; embarrass; perplex; hinder; retard; obstruct; check; block.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ENCUMBER)

• Embarrass
• Entangle
• misconcert
• trouble
• perplex
• contuse
• hamper
• clog
• distress
• puzzle
• encumber
• Lumber Choke
• crowd
• obstruct
• Perplex
• entangle
• involve
• complicate
• confuse
• bewilder
• mystify
• harass
• Saddle
• Impose
• burden
• load
• shackle
• charge
• Wrap
• Wind
• fold
• muffle
• cover
• infold
• envelop

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ENCUMBER)

• Expose
• reveal
• betray
• exhibit
• produce
• mis-suffice
• Soothe
• compose
• please
• gratify
• gladden
• console
• elate
• comfort
• Enlighten
• instruct
• illumine
• Compose
• calm
• allay
• appease
• soothe
• delight
• recreate
• entertain
• relieve
• refresh

Related words: (words related to ENCUMBER)

• PUZZLEMENT
  The state of being puzzled; perplexity. Miss Mitford.
• LUMBERMAN
  One who is engaged in lumbering as a business or employment.
• DELIGHTING
  Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
• PUZZLE
  1. Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making. 2. The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.
• LUMBERING
  The business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber.
• EXHIBITION
  The act of administering a remedy. (more info) 1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display. 2. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art,
• COMFORTLESS
  Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless. Comfortless through turanny or might. Spenser. Syn. -- Forlorn; desolate; cheerless; inconsolable; disconsolate; wretched; miserable. -- Com"fort*less*ly, adv. -- Com"fort*less*ness, n.
• TROUBLER
  One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber; as, a troubler of the peace. The rich troublers of the world's repose. Waller.
• CHARGEANT
  Burdensome; troublesome. Chaucer.
• COVER-POINT
  The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
• EXHIBITIONER
  One who has a pension or allowance granted for support. A youth who had as an exhibitioner from Christ's Hospital. G. Eliot.
• EXPOSER
  One who exposes or discloses.
• INVOLVEDNESS
  The state of being involved.
• PUZZLEDOM
  The domain of puzzles; puzzles, collectively. C. Kingsley.
• DELIGHTLESS
  Void of delight. Thomson.
• HARASS
  To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out. harassed with a long and wearisome march. Bacon. Nature
• INSTRUCTRESS
  A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Johnson.
• INFOLD
  1. To wrap up or cover with folds; to envelop; to inwrap; to inclose; to involve. Gilded tombs do worms infold. Shak. Infold his limbs in bands. Blackmore. 2. To clasp with the arms; to embrace. Noble Banquo, . . . let me infold thee, And hold
• COVERLET
  The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture. Lay her in lilies and in violets . . . And odored sheets and arras coverlets. Spenser.
• ILLUMINER
  One who, or that which, illuminates.
• MANDELATE
  A salt of mandelic acid.
• RECOVER
  To cover again. Sir W. Scott.
• UNPERPLEX
  To free from perplexity. Donne.
• SIDESADDLE
  A saddle for women, in which the rider sits with both feet on one side of the animal mounted. Sidesaddle flower , a plant with hollow leaves and curiously shaped flowers; -- called also huntsman's cup. See Sarracenia.
• MISCHARGE
  To charge erroneously, as in account. -- n.
• PREINSTRUCT
  To instruct previously or beforehand. Dr. H. More.
• OVERTROUBLED
  Excessively troubled.
• ENCHARGE
  To charge ; to impose upon. His countenance would express the spirit and the passion of the part he was encharged with. Jeffrey.