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saddle has 4 distinct synonyms spread across 3 of its 9 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is unsaddle.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
a seat for the rider of a horse or other animal
a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for saddle come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins
a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe
posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl
load or burden; encumber
“he saddled me with that heavy responsibility”