incumbrance

1. 1.

   a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)

   Synonymsencumbrance

   Broadercharge
2. 2.

   an onerous or difficult concern

   “the burden of responsibility”

   “that's a load off my mind”

   Synonymsburdenloadencumbranceonus

   Broaderconcern

   Narrowerdead weightfardelimpositionpill
3. 3.

   any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

   Synonymshindrancehinderancehitchpreventivepreventativeencumbranceinterference

   Broaderobstruction

   Narrowerclogspeed bump

Other forms of incumbrance

plural

incumbrances·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about incumbrance

What does incumbrance mean?

incumbrance means "a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in incumbrance?

incumbrance has 3 syllables: in-cum-brance. The stress falls on "in".

What is another word for incumbrance?

Close synonyms include encumbrance, burden, load, encumbrance, onus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is incumbrance a common word?

incumbrance is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.