Synonyms of loading

loading 1 of 2

noun

ˈlō-diŋ 

as in load

a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported

the accident was caused by an 18-wheeler with a loading in excess of the legal limit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• load
• payload
• burden
• cargo
• freight
• weight
• haul
• lading
• draft
• shipment
• carload
• consignment
• ballast
• overload
• pack
• bale
• package
• truckload
• trainload
• bundle
• wagonload
• boatload
• bulk
• packet
• shipload
• surcharge
• manifest
• deadweight
• mass
• parcel
• body

loading

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verb

present participle of load

1

as in filling

to place a weight or burden on

students complaining that their teachers were loading them with work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filling
• packing
• burdening
• weighting
• saddling
• weighing
• stacking
• freighting
• encumbering
• lading
• piling
• ladening
• lumbering
• clogging
• cluttering
• overloading
• taxing
• hampering
• heaping
• mounding
• overtaxing
• overburdening
• pressing
• handicapping
• afflicting
• straining
• surcharging
• oppressing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unloading
• discharging
• relieving
• alleviating
• unlading
• lightening
• easing
• unburdening
• disencumbering
• disburdening

2

as in packing

to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained

she loaded her plate at the buffet with as much food as she could carry and with more than any sane person should eat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filling
• packing
• cramming
• jamming
• brimming
• refilling
• charging
• heaping
• stuffing
• flooding
• jam-packing
• reloading
• drenching
• replenishing
• crowding
• shoving
• swamping
• glutting
• bloating
• repacking
• bulking
• squeezing
• ramming
• saturating
• penetrating
• squashing
• matting
• overflowing
• crushing
• pressing
• refreshing
• overfilling
• overcharging
• honeycombing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• emptying
• clearing
• eliminating
• vacating
• draining
• drawing (off)
• evacuating
• bleeding
• exhausting
• cleaning
• voiding
• lightening
• sweeping
• flushing
• depleting
• purging
• scouring

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of loading

Noun

Fix the curbs and loading zones around these facilities, which the comptroller’s own data identifies as the crash problem. — Jessica Walker, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026

There are also industrial assembly and material loading events. — Reuters, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2026

Verb

After loading the AliExpress homepage, audio from his phone stopped playing over his multipoint headphones, which accept connections from more than one device at a time. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026

Based on his preseason playing time, defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo is loading him up with reps, and the highlight play of the first half was Anudike-Uzomah’s sack of Buccaneers backup quarterback Jake Browning. — Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2026