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

Unique extras include open-air rainfall showers and golf carts for loading and unloading. — Tree Meinch, Midwest Living, 11 July 2026

Throw in a solid 16GB of RAM and a generous 1TB SSD, and this computer ensures loading is snappy and that dredging up files from deep in storage doesn’t take long at all. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026

Verb

Now, a rookie might be expected to run into this problem by not loading dishes in the machine correctly. — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026

The Red Sox squandered a golden opportunity early, loading the bases in the top of the first and coming away empty handed, but made up for it with a big second inning. — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 July 2026