Burden

6 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

A heavy load or responsibility. Something that causes hardship or stress.

“The financial burden weighed heavily on the family.”

Pronunciation

IPA

/ˈbɜːdn/

Syllables

bur·den

Related Words

Synonyms

load weight responsibility

Antonyms

unburden

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Wordle

Contains UR vowel pair with common consonants.

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Scrabble

Worth 9 points, balanced letter values.

Words Related to Burden

Words you can make from Burden

Shorter words formed from the letters in “burden”.

bedur berun brune nuder rebud redub rendu runed unbed under unred bend benu bern bred bren bude bund burd bure burn dbrn dern drub

Add a letter to make a longer word

7-letter words you can spell by adding one letter to “burden”.

rebound

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