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

This is why the service is offered at affordable prices to enable startups and growing businesses to benefit from the critical structural elements of a website, such as clear messaging, fast loading time and ease of customer lead generation. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026

Study equipment access, machine loading, ambient conditions, aisle traffic, connectivity and technician decisions alongside model performance. — Mohammed Cherifi, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Verb

On a Saturday in late September 2025, the 40-year-old mother of four was loading crates of grapes onto a forklift in a Fresno County field. — Robert J. Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

For now, technicians at Google are stress-testing the first Project Suncatcher experimental satellite in a lab, ahead of loading it onto a SpaceX Falcon 9 for launch on October 1. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 24 Sep. 2026