saddle

The word “saddle” has 2 syllables: sad-dle

It's pronounced as /ˈsædəl/


What is synonym and antonym for saddle?

In the thesaurus, “saddle” has 81 synonyms and 10 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for saddle along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for saddle

  • abyss
  • afflict
  • arroyo
  • barranca
  • barranco
  • basin
  • burden
  • canyon
  • chasm
  • cirque
  • cleft
  • clog
  • clutter
  • col
  • combe
  • coomb
  • coombe
  • coulee
  • couloir
  • crevasse
  • crevice
  • cwm
  • dale
  • defile
  • dell
  • draw
  • encumber
  • fill
  • fissure
  • floodplain
  • flume
  • freight
  • gap
  • gill
  • glen
  • gorge
  • gulch
  • gulf
  • gulley
  • gully
  • gutter
  • hamper
  • handicap
  • heap
  • hollow
  • howdah
  • kettle
  • kloof
  • lade
  • laden
  • linn
  • load
  • lumber
  • mound
  • notch
  • nullah
  • oppress
  • overburden
  • overload
  • overtax
  • pack
  • packsaddle
  • pass
  • pile
  • pillion
  • press
  • ravine
  • seat
  • shut-in
  • stack
  • strain
  • surcharge
  • tax
  • trench
  • trough
  • vale
  • valley
  • wadi
  • wash
  • weigh
  • weight

Antonyms for saddle

  • alleviate
  • disburden
  • discharge
  • disencumber
  • ease
  • lighten
  • relieve
  • unburden
  • unlade
  • unload

Meanings of saddle

  • noun
    1. A seat (tack) for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal.
    2. An item of harness (harness saddle) placed on the back of a horse or other animal.
    3. A seat on a bicycle, motorcycle, etc.
    4. A cut of meat that includes both loins and part of the backbone.
    5. A low point, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills.
    6. A formation of gold-bearing quartz occurring along the crest of an anticlinal fold, especially in Australia.
    7. The raised floorboard in a doorway.
    8. A small tapered or sloped area structure that helps channel surface water to drains.
    9. A block of wood, usually fastened to one spar and shaped to receive the end of another.
    10. A part, such as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
    11. The clitellum of an earthworm.
    12. Any of the saddle-like markings on a boa constrictor.
    13. A saddle shoe.
  • verb
    1. To put a saddle on (an animal).
    2. To get into a saddle.
    3. To burden or encumber.

Example Sentences

  • He expertly tightened the saddle on the horse's back.
  • As the cowboy rode across the open plain, his saddle creaked rhythmically.
  • The worn leather of the old saddle told tales of countless rides.
  • She tried to lift the heavy saddle onto the horse's back.
  • The rider adjusted the saddle straps for a more comfortable fit.

On this page you'll find 91 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to saddle, such as: abyss, afflict, alleviate, arroyo, barranca, barranco, basin.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

baffled

  • abashed
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  • tricked
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  • turbid
  • uncertain
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  • unglued
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  • unzipped
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  • vacillating
  • vanquished
  • vexed
  • vext
  • wavering
  • weirded out
  • without a clue
  • without belief
  • woolly
  • worsted

bag

  • abandon
  • abduct
  • accomplish
  • accumulate
  • achieve
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  • apprehend
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  • backpack
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  • bay
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  • dilate
  • distend
  • ditty bag
  • dome
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  • earn
  • elongate
  • enmesh
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  • equal
  • excel
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  • favorite activity
  • fist
  • flap
  • flight bag
  • flop
  • gain
  • garment bag
  • garner
  • gear
  • get
  • give notice
  • glom
  • glove
  • grab
  • grapple
  • grasp
  • grip
  • gross
  • halter
  • handbag
  • hang down
  • haversack
  • hit
  • hobby
  • hold
  • holdall
  • hook
  • immesh
  • inflate
  • jut
  • kidnap
  • kill
  • kit
  • kit bag
  • knapsack
  • knock down
  • land
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  • lengthen
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  • lop
  • make
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  • mushroom
  • nab
  • nail
  • net
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  • outdo
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  • pack
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  • pick up
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  • poke
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  • portmanteau
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  • preference
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  • project
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  • pull down
  • purse
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  • reacquire
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  • reattain
  • recapture
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  • remake
  • rend
  • ring up
  • rival
  • rope
  • rucksack
  • sac
  • sack
  • saddlebag
  • sag
  • satchel
  • score
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  • shoot
  • shopping bag
  • shoulder bag
  • sink
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  • speciality
  • stand out
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  • stretch
  • suitcase
  • surpass
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  • thing
  • throw up
  • tie
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  • tote bag
  • touch
  • trap
  • traveling bag
  • vacate
  • vanity
  • wallet
  • win
  • work bag
  • wrest

galloper

gallopers

gap

  • abyss
  • adjournment
  • aperture
  • arroyo
  • barranca
  • barranco
  • basin
  • blank
  • breach
  • break
  • bumper
  • caesura
  • canyon
  • cavity
  • chasm
  • chink
  • cirque
  • cleft
  • clove
  • col
  • combe
  • comma
  • coomb
  • coombe
  • coulee
  • couloir
  • crack
  • cranny
  • crevasse
  • crevice
  • cut
  • cwm
  • dale
  • defectiveness
  • deficiency
  • deficit
  • defile
  • dell
  • detriment
  • difference
  • disability
  • disagreement
  • discontinuance
  • discontinuity
  • disparity
  • divergence
  • divide
  • division
  • draw
  • failing
  • fault
  • fissure
  • floodplain
  • flume
  • fracture
  • gape
  • gill
  • glen
  • gorge
  • gulch
  • gulf
  • gulley
  • gully
  • gutter
  • hiatus
  • hiccough
  • hiccup
  • hole
  • hollow
  • impairment
  • imperfection
  • inadequacy
  • inadequateness
  • incompleteness
  • inconsistency
  • insufficience
  • insufficiency
  • interim
  • interlude
  • intermission
  • interregnum
  • interruption
  • interspace
  • interstice
  • interval
  • kettle
  • kloof
  • lack
  • lacuna
  • lag
  • lapse
  • linn
  • lull
  • need
  • notch
  • nullah
  • opening
  • orifice
  • parenthesis
  • pass
  • pause
  • pore
  • ravine
  • recess
  • rent
  • respite
  • rest
  • rift
  • rupture
  • saddle
  • separation
  • severance
  • shortcoming
  • shortfall
  • shut-in
  • slit
  • slot
  • space
  • split
  • subinterval
  • sundering
  • suspension
  • time lag
  • trench
  • trough
  • vacuity
  • vale
  • valley
  • void
  • wadi
  • want
  • wash
  • weakness
  • window

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