Synonyms of freighted

freighted

verb

past tense of freight

as in loaded

to place a weight or burden on

it took six hours to freight the cargo airplane

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loaded
• filled
• packed
• burdened
• saddled
• weighted
• encumbered
• ladened
• weighed
• laded
• lumbered
• stacked
• piled
• taxed
• cluttered
• clogged
• overloaded
• heaped
• hampered
• overburdened
• afflicted
• surcharged
• handicapped
• pressed
• mounded
• overtaxed
• strained
• oppressed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unloaded
• discharged
• unburdened
• disencumbered
• relieved
• lightened
• disburdened
• eased
• unladed
• alleviated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of freighted

For them, the word feels like something from the past — dusty, subservient, restrictive, and freighted with baggage. — Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

The silly yellow fruit that became a part of their culture was freighted, from the start, with suggestive meaning. — Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026

Mia Gonzales-Swinton stood on a Dover Air Force tarmac freighted with grief, keeping her 4-year-old daughter close in front of her. — Chris Kenning, USA Today, 26 July 2026

Russell said that his battery from his Canadian GP retirement is still being sea-freighted back to Mercedes’ F1 base in the United Kingdom. — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 27 June 2026

That night was freighted with meaning; a win could set the team up for potential advancement, while a loss could dim those hopes. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 26 June 2026

Typical of rape survivors, black women were freighted with a particular kind of animus. — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026

Take 25 Hours, in Long Island City, for example, which is freighted with a depressing ambience that is equal parts chemistry lab and subterranean grotto. — Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026

But that’s also because the performances are so heavily freighted with character, so to speak, that the humanity of the whole often gets shrouded in so many fantastical layers. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026