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unburdened

unburdened

5.3
Not carrying heavy things
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈbɜrdənd/
translation icon : desalojado
  • After a long vacation, she felt unburdened and full of energy.

Examples

  • You know what can be unburdened by what has been, what can be?

  • Always believe in what can be unburdened by my husband.

  • He finally felt unburdened after sharing his worries with a friend.

  • With the weight of her responsibilities lifted, she enjoyed an unburdened day at the park.

Synonyms

unencumbered
vsunburdened
8 6.8

Free from worries, duties, debts and other things that hold you back

is limited to physical freedom from carrying a load rather than obligations
burdenless
vsunburdened
7.2

Not carrying a weight or feeling heavy with worry

has identical physical meaning but differs only in wording
unladen
vsunburdened
5.6

Not carrying any load, physically or in your mind

refers more broadly to not carrying any physical burden
unweighted
vsunburdened
  • Specialized
3.7

An exercise performed without extra weight

means not carrying a load at all rather than lacking added weight

Antonyms

4.3

Carrying a heavy weight that makes moving slow or hard

How Burdened

overloaded
3 4.2
loaded
2.6
unburdened
5.3
light
1 2.1

Surface Forms

unburdened positive

Morphology

unburdened = unburden (transparent) = un + burden + ed

Derived from 'unburden' + '-ed' with a literal physical sense of being without a load; the composition is semantically transparent.

Etymology

Unburdened comes from un- meaning 'not' and burden meaning 'a load', so think of taking off a heavy pack from your back. That's why unburdened can mean not carrying a physical load.