Home › Words › A › accableaccableaccable means to overwhelm; to encumber.EtymologyBorrowed from French accabler (“to overwhelm”).verbTo overwhelm; to encumber.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.accumber 84% match — To encumber; to crush; to overwhelm. vs accable →encumber 72% match — To load down something with a burden. vs accable →encumbered 71% match — Weighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow. vs accable →cumbered 67% match — Encumbered; hampered. vs accable →cumber 66% match — To slow down; to hinder; to burden; to encumber. vs accable →burdened 66% match — encumbered by a literal or figurative burden; having too much to deal with. vs accable →accumbrance 66% match — encumbrance; clog vs accable →encumbrous 66% match — Of, pertaining to, or causing an encumbrance; cumbersome; troublesome. vs accable →