/ Thesaurus / E Synonyms of encumbered Find synonyms for: Verb1. restrain, encumber, cumber, constrain, restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttleusage: hold backAdjective1. encumbered (vs. unencumbered), burdened, heavy-laden, loaded down, clogged, involved, mired, mortgagedusage: loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load; "a summer resort...encumbered with great clapboard-and-stucco hotels"- A.J.Liebling; "a hiker encumbered with a heavy backpack"; "an encumbered estate"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: pundit Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language