cumber
2 synonyms and 5 antonyms for cumber, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To hold something back or make it difficult by weighing it down.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Antonyms
Etymology
Comes from Middle English combren, an aphetic form of acombren or encombren, borrowed from Old French encombrer, which traces ultimately either to Latin cumulus or to Proto-Celtic *kombereti ("to bring together"), from *kom- and *bereti ("to bear"). It is cognate with German kümmern ("to take care of").
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