Synonyms for onus
Definitions
- n. 1
A legal obligation.
The onus is on the landlord to make sure the walls are protected from mildew.
Related words
- Phrases
- onus probandi
Forms
- Plural
- onuses → burdens, loads, encumbrances, censures…
Choose the right word
onus, a burden) is mentally burdensome or oppressive.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- burden The boy was fed up with being treated as a burden.
- blame It sounds as if he were to blame for the disaster.
By length
- 4 letters
- load1
- 5 letters
- blame1
- 6 letters
- burden2
- 7 letters
- censure2
- 11 letters
- encumbrance
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (burden2 = 2 syllables).