Thesaurus / superincumbent
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synonyms for superincumbent
- arduous
- burdensome
- demanding
- exacting
- grievous
- hard
- harsh
- onerous
- oppressive
- rigorous
- severe
- stiff
- strict
- stringent
- tough
- weighty
- brutal
- burdensome
- cruel
- depressing
- dictatorial
- harsh
- heavy-handed
- inhuman
- onerous
- overbearing
- tyrannical
- unjust
- backbreaking
- bleak
- confining
- demanding
- depressive
- despotic
- discouraging
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- dismal
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- exigent
- gloomy
- grievous
- grinding
- headache
- heavy
- hefty
- ironhanded
- mean
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- severe
- somber
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- tough
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- weighty
- admirable
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- high-caliber
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- above
- capital
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- dandy
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- five-star
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antonyms for superincumbent
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- detestable
- normal
- ordinary
- unremarkable
- usual
- bad
- inferior
- minor
- poor
- secondary
- unimportant
- below
- humble
- lower
- meek
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Duplicates of each were ranged in opposition, until the table groaned with its superincumbent weight.
NEWTON FORSTERCAPTAIN FREDERICK MARRYATA banded column, such as we see in Early English Gothic, looks weak and incapable of supporting the superincumbent weight.
COLOURATION IN ANIMALS AND PLANTSALFRED TYLORBelow us slept the waters of the bay, reflecting, in their crystal depths, the superincumbent mountains and overarching sky.
THE FELON'S TRACKMICHAEL DOHENYAn idea may thus be gained of the very considerable amount of superincumbent materials.
PREHISTORIC MANW. L. H. DUCKWORTHSecondly, the superincumbent strata can be assigned to one period only of the archaeological series, viz.
PREHISTORIC MANW. L. H. DUCKWORTHNo fewer than eleven distinct horizons have been recognised in the superincumbent strata.
PREHISTORIC MANW. L. H. DUCKWORTHNow, the crumbling away of the superincumbent cliffs gives continual trouble to the road.
APPLETONS' POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY, JUNE 1899VARIOUSSometimes the pressure on the superincumbent crust is so great as to cause an upheaval or disturbance of the valley.
BURROUGHS' ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF ASTOUNDING FACTS AND USEFUL INFORMATION, 1889BARKHAM BURROUGHSNo water can percolate athwart it, and consequently where it is, there the superincumbent soil is resolved into a quagmire.
A BOOK OF GHOSTSSABINE BARING-GOULDWe enter upon the glacier; black chasms yawn here and there through the superincumbent snow, but there is no real difficulty.
HOURS OF EXERCISE IN THE ALPSJOHN TYNDALLWORDS RELATED TO SUPERINCUMBENT
- a cut above
- above
- admirable
- capital
- choice
- dandy
- deluxe
- distinguished
- exceeding
- exceptional
- exclusive
- expert
- famous
- fine
- finer
- first-class
- first-rate
- first-string
- five-star
- good
- good quality
- grander
- high-caliber
- high-class
- major
- more advanced
- more skillful
- noteworthy
- of higher rank
- over
- overlying
- paramount
- predominant
- preferable
- preferred
- premium
- prevailing
- primary
- remarkable
- senior
- superhuman
- superincumbent
- surpassing
- unrivalled
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- bleak
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- confining
- cruel
- demanding
- depressing
- depressive
- despotic
- dictatorial
- discouraging
- disheartening
- dismal
- dispiriting
- exacting
- exigent
- gloomy
- grievous
- grinding
- harsh
- headache
- heavy
- heavy-handed
- hefty
- inhuman
- ironhanded
- mean
- onerous
- overbearing
- rough going
- severe
- somber
- superincumbent
- taxing
- tough
- troublesome
- tyrannical
- unjust
- weighty
- a cut above
- above
- admirable
- capital
- choice
- dandy
- deluxe
- distinguished
- exceeding
- exceptional
- exclusive
- expert
- famous
- fine
- finer
- first-class
- first-rate
- first-string
- five-star
- good
- good quality
- grander
- high-caliber
- high-class
- major
- more advanced
- more skillful
- noteworthy
- of higher rank
- over
- overlying
- paramount
- predominant
- preferable
- preferred
- premium
- prevailing
- primary
- remarkable
- senior
- superhuman
- superincumbent
- surpassing
- unrivalled
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