burden

nouns

an onerous or difficult concern

"the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"

burden, encumbrance, incumbrance, load, onus

weight to be borne or conveyed

burden, load, loading

the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

burden, core, effect, essence, gist

the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse

burden

is a type of (narrower)

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

"it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind"

weight down with a load

burden, burthen, weight, weight down

antonym

impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

"He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"

burden, charge, saddle