Synonyms of load

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verb

1

as in to burden

to place a weight or burden on

students complaining that their teachers were loading them with work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burden
• fill
• weight
• pack
• freight
• saddle
• weigh
• stack
• laden
• encumber
• pile
• lumber
• lade
• heap
• overload
• mound
• clog
• tax
• hamper
• clutter
• overburden
• strain
• handicap
• afflict
• press
• overtax
• oppress
• surcharge

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unload
• discharge
• relieve
• lighten
• alleviate
• ease
• unburden
• unlade
• disburden
• disencumber

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• unload
• discharge
• relieve
• lighten
• alleviate
• ease
• unburden
• unlade
• disburden
• disencumber

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2

as in to fill

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

• fill
• pack
• stuff
• cram
• heap
• jam
• brim
• charge
• refill
• flood
• jam-pack
• bulk
• reload
• shove
• replenish
• glut
• bloat
• drench
• squeeze
• swamp
• ram
• refresh
• repack
• saturate
• mat
• squash
• penetrate
• overflow
• crowd
• overcharge
• crush
• overfill
• press
• honeycomb

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• empty
• eliminate
• clear
• lighten
• vacate
• void
• evacuate
• drain
• draw (off)
• exhaust
• clean
• bleed
• sweep
• deplete
• purge
• flush
• scour

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• empty
• eliminate
• clear
• lighten
• vacate
• void
• evacuate
• drain
• draw (off)
• exhaust
• clean
• bleed
• sweep
• deplete
• purge
• flush
• scour

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load

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noun

1

as in loading

a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported

hoisted a load of grain on the truck going to Florida

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loading
• burden
• payload
• cargo
• freight
• weight
• haul
• lading
• draft
• shipment
• carload
• overload
• ballast
• pack
• consignment
• truckload
• package
• bale
• bundle
• boatload
• trainload
• packet
• wagonload
• bulk
• shipload
• surcharge
• deadweight
• manifest
• mass
• parcel
• body

2

as in ton

loads plural a considerable amount

there's no rush, since we've got loads of time left

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ton
• plenty
• lot
• pile
• stack
• truckload
• quantity
• heap
• bucket
• carload
• gobs
• all kinds (of)
• boatload
• chunk
• volume
• slew
• mountain
• dozen
• yard
• raft
• bundle
• wad
• bushel
• quite a bit
• abundance
• store
• basketful
• pack
• sheaf
• good deal
• shipload
• reams
• peck
• wealth
• fistful
• myriad
• barrel
• mess
• multiplicity
• pot
• mass
• profusion
• bunch
• plenitude
• oodles
• deal
• lashings
• scads
• spate
• sight
• plateful
• passel
• much
• surplus
• potful
• lashins
• hundred
• excess
• plentitude
• flood
• overabundance
• plague
• rash
• overflow
• epidemic
• surfeit
• deluge
• redundancy
• sea
• plethora
• overage
• oversupply
• score
• overkill
• embarrassment
• superabundance
• crush
• thousands
• cram
• bonanza
• swarm
• host
• multitude
• press
• flock
• drove
• bevy
• horde
• superfluity
• army
• herd
• throng
• crowd
• overmuch
• million
• mob
• zillion
• legion
• gazillion
• trillion
• jillion
• kazillion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strain
• grain
• bit
• taste
• handful
• touch
• spot
• pinch
• trace
• sprinkling
• hint
• mouthful
• ounce
• peanuts
• shade
• fragment
• lick
• particle
• suspicion
• sprinkle
• shadow
• dram
• ray
• scrap
• streak
• pittance
• mite
• atom
• molecule
• speck
• ace
• shred
• whit
• dab
• drop
• tad
• glimmer
• nip
• granule
• dot
• mote
• jot
• scruple
• modicum
• section
• portion
• tittle
• crumb
• iota
• smattering
• little
• shot
• scintilla
• dash
• smidgin
• piece
• smidgen
• smidge
• smidgeon
• driblet
• shortage
• lack
• morsel
• fleck
• absence
• flyspeck
• poverty
• scarcity
• nubbin
• deficit
• want
• deficiency
• paucity
• famine
• smatter
• insufficiency
• dearth
• inadequacy
• undersupply
• scantiness
• scarceness
• scantness
• meagerness
• skimpiness

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• strain
• grain
• bit
• taste
• handful
• touch
• spot
• pinch
• trace
• sprinkling
• hint
• mouthful
• ounce
• peanuts
• shade
• fragment
• lick
• particle
• suspicion
• sprinkle
• shadow
• dram
• ray
• scrap
• streak
• pittance
• mite
• atom
• molecule
• speck
• ace
• shred
• whit
• dab
• drop
• tad
• glimmer
• nip
• granule
• dot
• mote
• jot
• scruple
• modicum
• section
• portion
• tittle
• crumb
• iota
• smattering
• little
• shot
• scintilla
• dash
• smidgin
• piece
• smidgen
• smidge
• smidgeon
• driblet
• shortage
• lack
• morsel
• fleck
• absence
• flyspeck
• poverty
• scarcity
• nubbin
• deficit
• want
• deficiency
• paucity
• famine
• smatter
• insufficiency
• dearth
• inadequacy
• undersupply
• scantiness
• scarceness
• scantness
• meagerness
• skimpiness

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Phrases Containing load

• get a load of
• load up on

• get a load of
• load up on