Burden
Burden noun - A mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported.
Cross is a synonym for burden in encumbrance topic. In some cases you can use "Cross" instead a noun "Burden", when it comes to topics like heavy.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| full | full burden | full cross |
| particular | particular burden | particular cross |
| complete | complete burden | complete cross |
| heavy | heavy burden | heavy cross |
| Other adjectives: actual, massive, large, great, huge, horrible, odd, creepy. | ||
Common collocations
| space | burden space | cross space |
Both words in one sentence
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Amelia died with no regrets, so her spirit never carried the burden of Unfinished Business and was allowed to properly cross over.
Source: Film / Casper - On a squickier note, Janine Cross's Dragon Temple Saga is set in a Southeast Asia-like world and dragons are like overgrown monitor lizards and are seen as sacred beasts (when they're not crippled and used as beast of burden).
Cite this Source
Cross and Burden. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/burden/cross
Burden & Cross. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/burden/cross>.
Cross or Burden. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/burden/cross.
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