saddle

/sˈædəl/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. put a saddle on
   “saddle the horses”
2. load or burden; encumber
   “he saddled me with that heavy responsibility”
3. impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
   “He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend”

noun

1. a seat for the rider of a horse or other animal
2. a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
3. cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins
4. a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe
5. a seat for the rider of a bicycle
6. posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl

Synonyms for saddle

• charge
• burden
• saddleback
• bicycle seat

Antonyms of saddle

• unsaddle

Words that rhyme with saddle

• paddle
• straddle
• addle
• astraddle
• caddell
• chadel
• clapsaddle
• fadel
• gradel
• kadel
• madel
• madl
• radel
• schadel
• shadel
• stadel