OVERLOAD Synonyms

• an onerous or difficult concern

• weight to be borne or conveyed

• the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

• the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse

• weight down with a load

• impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

• restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult

• fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

• fill or cover completely, usually with water

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

• charge someone with too many tasks

• cover completely or make imperceptible

• overcome by superior force

• (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces

• difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension

• a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

• (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress

• a special variety of domesticated animals within a species

• (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups

• injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain

• the general meaning or substance of an utterance

• an effortful attempt to attain a goal

• an intense or violent exertion

• the act of singing

• to exert much effort or energy

• test the limits of

• use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity

• separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements

• cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious

• become stretched or tense or taut

• remove by passing through a filter

• rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender

• alter the shape of (something) by stress

• charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government

• levy a tax on

• set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)

• use to the limit

• make a charge against or accuse

• footwear usually with wooden soles

• any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction

• a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps

• become or cause to become obstructed

• dance a clog dance

• impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden

• impede with a clog or as if with a clog

• coalesce or unite in a mass

• fill to excess so that function is impaired

• a price that is too high

• rip off; ask an unreasonable price

• place too much a load on

• an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill)

• charge an extra fee, as for a special service

• rip off; ask an unreasonable price

• fill to capacity with people

• print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote

• fill to an excessive degree

• place too much a load on

• show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given