bunker, n. bin, box, chest, coffer. See - bin. bunkum, n. claptrap, humbug, pretense, foam, froth; insincere talk, empty promises, lies. See - nonsense (defs. 2, 3).
buoy, n. 1. float, marker, guide, beacon, signal.
2. life preserver, life jacket or belt or vest, cork jacket, Mae West.
buoyancy, n. 1. floatability; lightness, levity, weightlessness.
2. cheerfulness, cheer, joy, good humor, good or high spirits; liveliness, animation, spiritedness; resilience, Inf. bounce, Inf. pep, zing,
buoyant, adj. 1. floatable, floaty, supernatant; light, weightless.
2. cheerful, gay, light-hearted, gleeful, mirthful, glad, happy, merry, jolly, jovial, bright, carefree, free and easy, in high spirits or humor; sprightly, vivacious, lively, full of life, animated, jaunty, resilient, Inf. bouncy, Inf. peppy.
3. invigorating, exhilarating, refreshing, bracing, stimulating.
burden, n. 1. weight, onus, cross, millstone, albatross; duty, charge, obligation, responsibility, tax; strain, encumbrance, impediment, hindrance, handicap; trouble, care, anxiety, worry; hardship, difficulty, affliction, oppression; trial, tribulation, ordeal; woe, grief, misery, sorrow, Archaic, bale.
2. load, payload, charge, cargo, freight.
-v. 3. weigh down, weight, load, load with, saddle with, charge, tax; encumber, cumber, impede, hamper, handicap; strain, overload, overburden, overtask, overtax.
4. trouble, distress, worry, torment, afflict, oppress; try, vex, perturb, disturb.
burdensome, adj. 1. onerous, ponderous, oppressive, massive, backbreaking, crushing; cumbersome, cumbrous, unwieldy, bulky.
2. troublesome, distressing, bothersome, worrisome; vexatious, irksome, wearisome, tiresome,
bureau, n. 1. chest of drawers, chiffonier, chest, dresser, commode, locker; chifforobe, wardrobe; cabinet, sideboard.
2. department, agency, office, post, portfolio; branch, division, subdivision,
burgeon, v. 1. bud, sprout, begin to grow, germinate, pullulate, put forth, shoot out or up; bloom, blossom, flower, open, bear fruit, fructify.
2. grow, develop, proliferate, multiply; accelerate, quicken, snowball, mushroom, intensify, magnify; increase, augment, escalate, expand, spread,
burglar, n. 1. housebreaker, Brit, picklock, Raffles, sneak thief, cat burglar, Inf. second-story man; Inf hold-up man, Sl. stick-up man, mugger; safecracker, Jimmy Valentine; robber, thief, stealer, Inf crook, Sl. yegg; felon, gangster, criminal.
2. pillager, plunderer, ransacker, sacker, looter, rifler, forager, raider, vandal. See - robber, burglary, n. 1. break-in, housebreak, housebreaking, breaking and entering, forced entry; robbery, theft, Sl. heist; Inf. hold-up, Sl. stick-up; Inf. mugging, SI. jumping, Sl. rolling; safecracking.
2. stealing, thievery; larceny, felony.
3. looting, plundering, raiding. See - robbery, burial, n. 1. funeral, exequies, obsequies, rites orceremonies; burying, interment, entombment, inhumation, sepulture.
2. grave, graveyard, cemetery. See - burial ground, burial ground, n. grave, graveyard, cemetery, God's acre, memorial park, necropolis, golgotha, potter's field; charnel house, (of wild animals) boneyard.