Synonyms of saddles

saddles 1 of 2

noun

plural of saddle

as in canyons

a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage

the next day's hike was a stiff climb out of the saddle where they had camped for the night

Synonyms & Similar Words

• canyons
• ravines
• gorges
• valleys
• gaps
• gulches
• cols
• notches
• passes
• flumes
• couloirs
• defiles
• linns
• kloofs
• crevices
• gills
• trenches
• abysses
• cañons
• fissures
• glens
• gulfs
• cirques
• basins
• chasms
• clefts
• vales
• crevasses
• hollows
• gutters
• kettles
• dales
• gulleys
• gullies
• combes
• coombs
• troughs
• coombes
• arroyos
• dells
• floodplains
• coulees
• cwms
• washes
• wadis
• nullahs
• barrancos
• draws
• barrancas
• shut-ins

saddles

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verb

present tense third-person singular of saddle

as in loads

to place a weight or burden on

to the social worker it seemed as though her supervisor had once again saddled her with a truly hopeless case

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loads
• weights
• burdens
• fills
• packs
• encumbers
• freights
• stacks
• piles
• ladens
• lades
• lumbers
• weighs
• clogs
• taxes
• mounds
• heaps
• hampers
• handicaps
• clutters
• overtaxes
• surcharges
• overloads
• afflicts
• strains
• presses
• overburdens
• oppresses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discharges
• unloads
• unburdens
• relieves
• unlades
• disencumbers
• alleviates
• eases
• lightens
• disburdens