Entry Word: unload

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to empty or rid of cargo <the dockworkers unloaded the ship>

Synonyms disburden, discharge, disencumber, unburden, unlade, unpack

Related Words free, lighten, relieve; clear, empty, evacuate, vacate, void

Near Antonyms charge, cram, fill, heap, jam, jam-pack, stuff

Antonyms load, pack

2 to get rid of as useless or unwanted <I can't seem to unload this old car—even the charities wonʼt take it!> — see discard