1
: a load that fills a boat
a boatload of passengers
2
: an indefinitely large number or amount
a boatload of criticism
a boatload of money
Synonyms
- abundance
- barrel
- basketful
- bucket
- bunch
- bundle
- bushel
- carload
- chunk
- deal
- dozen
- fistful
- gobs
- good deal
- heap
- hundred
- lashings [chiefly British]
- lashins
- loads
- lot
- mass
- mess
- mountain
- much
- multiplicity
- myriad
- oodles
- pack
- passel
- peck
- pile
- plateful
- plenitude
- plentitude
- plenty
- pot
- potful
- profusion
- quantity
- raft
- reams
- scads
- sheaf
- shipload
- sight
- slew
- spate
- stack
- store
- ton
- truckload
- volume
- wad
- wealth
- yard
Examples of boatload in a Sentence
a boatload of publicity for the new handheld devices
Recent Examples on the Web
And the Shogun crew’s meticulous re-creation of feudal Japan landed FX and Disney a boatload of craft nominations.
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Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2024
There are boatloads of deals to shop from Amazon’s Prime Day 2024 sale.
—Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 16 July 2024
Does Roaring Kitty have grander plans than simply making a boatload of money with his GameStop trades?
—Jasmine Ball, Fortune, 14 June 2024
For now, all that the frustrated Paramount Global shareholders have to hang their hat on is the Office of the CEO’s contingency plan, as laid out during last week’s investor day: Find a Paramount+ partner, execute a boatload more in cost-cutting, and pay down debt.
—Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 12 June 2024
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Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2024
There are boatloads of deals to shop from Amazon’s Prime Day 2024 sale.
—Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 16 July 2024
Does Roaring Kitty have grander plans than simply making a boatload of money with his GameStop trades?
—Jasmine Ball, Fortune, 14 June 2024
For now, all that the frustrated Paramount Global shareholders have to hang their hat on is the Office of the CEO’s contingency plan, as laid out during last week’s investor day: Find a Paramount+ partner, execute a boatload more in cost-cutting, and pay down debt.
—Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 12 June 2024
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“Boatload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boatload. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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boatload
noun
boat·load
-ˌlōd 
1
: a load that fills a boat
2
: a large amount
a boatload of money
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