Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for burden
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
an onerous or difficult concern
The burden of responsibility.
The true synonym
load
Same sentence, swapped: The load of responsibility.
Close but different
These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for burden as it is used in the sentence above.
- core
- business
- bugaboo
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