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Definition of encumber:
- To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning.
- To load with debts, or other legal claims; as, to encumber an estate with mortgages.
Synonyms:
manacle, hold back, freight, hold, charge, lade, hold up, retard, laden, trap, tighten up, pin down, short-circuit, stymie, weight, load, cumber, plague, shackle, foil, immobilize, let down, confine, limit, keep back, bring up against, trammel, hobble, intercept, hog-tie, disadvantage, over, balk, count against, tax, weigh down, stiffen, saddle, throttle, open, tie up, tighten, restrain, bound, lumber, intimidate, interfere, bog, keep, help, handcuff, embarrass, prevent, pin, counteract, constrain.
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hinder (part of speech: verb)
- cripple,
- block,
- thwart,
- burden,
- counter,
- congest,
- delay,
- oppose,
- baffle,
- inhibit,
- curb,
- snarl,
- obstruct,
- hamper,
- crimp,
- fetter,
- dam,
- foul,
- constipate,
- mire,
- hamstring,
- constrain,
- complicate,
- deter,
- entrap,
- tangle,
- clog,
- snag,
- paralyze,
- stop,
- brake,
- handicap,
- detain,
- resist,
- restrain,
- hinder,
- stay,
- bung,
- frustrate,
- bar,
- impede,
- bottleneck,
- choke,
- jam,
- plug,
- drag,
- check,
- impair,
- cramp,
- restrict,
- entangle,
- catch,
- interrupt
- penalize (part of speech: verb)
Usage examples:
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This old mare, with nothin' but her character an' that bell to encumber her, goes fa'rly flyin' light.
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And is not the timber of many fruit- trees as useful as the timber of many of the lumber- trees which now encumber our soil?
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Drive them hence, for they encumber Days and nights with waking pain; Tell them that I lie and slumber Under poppies, wet with rain.