freights 1 of 2

noun

plural of freight
1
as in cargoes
a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported shipped a large freight of steel to the manufacturer

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
2
as in prices
the amount of money that is demanded as payment for something it's all very well to suggest increased government services, but who will pay the freight for them?

Synonyms & Similar Words

freights

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of freight
as in loads
to place a weight or burden on it took six hours to freight the cargo airplane

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for freights
  1. cargoes
  2. prices
  3. loads
  4. payloads
  5. costs
  6. burdens
  7. loadings
  8. fees
Noun
  • In the first six months of the year, there were 140 cargoes that left.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Jeans are one of the best allies for tweed jackets this fall, but also consider cargos and balloon pants in baggy silhouettes.
    — Tatiana Ojea, Glamour, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of cargoes
Noun
  • Wholesale prices are only one part of a household bill, typically 30% to 50%, according to PolitiFact, so residential bills haven’t risen nearly that much.
    — Sasha Tuddenham, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026
  • At a minimum, employers are expecting and supporting more federal and state regulation to rein in hospital and drug prices.
    — Bob Herman, STAT, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of prices
Verb
  • The live feed loads much faster in the Birdbuddy app thanks to a new instant wake-up feature.
    — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 22 Oct. 2026
  • These improvements are intended to help military forces transport larger loads more efficiently and support operational demands across a range of environments.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of loads
Noun
  • The final payloads, tailored to the type of platform visiting, attempted to steal browser cookies and, in some cases, Wi-Fi passwords and full mobile device data.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Its internal power reserves are intended to support operations for more than 400 hours while continuing to supply external payloads.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of payloads
Noun
  • This is an ongoing process that accounts for changes in policies, seasonality, costs and coverage limitations.
    — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Just over 13 percent cited rising energy and transportation costs.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of costs
Verb
  • Traffic burdens residents daily, and heavy rain keeps exposing the same stormwater weaknesses.
    — Miami Herald staff, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
  • This adds unstated punishment, fragments medical care, limits programming, and burdens federal agencies with unnecessary logistics.
    — Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of burdens
Noun
  • Data compiled by Bloomberg shows crude loadings fell from roughly 250,000 barrels per day in August to zero in September, marking the first such instance since the war began in February.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Ateios said electrodes at these loadings have already been shipped to a customer.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of loadings
Noun
  • Now, to make up for the tax loss, local governments will need to decide to either cut spending or potentially levy new fees and taxes.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Drury worries that the fees will fade into background noise, and that resistance will erode as a new norm sets in.
    — Emma Witman, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of fees
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

freighting
freights
French door
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Freights.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freights. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

Copy Citation
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of quondam

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 5

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

7 Words for Old-Timey Vehicles

The Words of the Week - Nov. 6

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World
See More

Popular

See More

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 5

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
woman sitting on floor holding book in front of her face on pink background
Famous Novels, Last Lines Quiz Needless to say, spoiler alert.
See All