Synonyms of load

load 1 of 2

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

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

load

2 of 2

noun

ˈlōd 

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
• raft
• bundle
• wad
• bushel
• yard
• abundance
• quite a bit
• store
• pack
• sheaf
• good deal
• shipload
• reams
• peck
• wealth
• fistful
• myriad
• barrel
• mess
• multiplicity
• pot
• mass
• profusion
• bunch
• plenitude
• basketful
• oodles
• deal
• lashings
• scads
• spate
• sight
• plateful
• passel
• much
• surplus
• potful
• hundred
• excess
• plentitude
• flood
• plague
• overabundance
• rash
• overflow
• epidemic
• deluge
• surfeit
• redundancy
• sea
• plethora
• overage
• oversupply
• score
• overkill
• embarrassment
• superabundance
• crush
• thousands
• cram
• bonanza
• swarm
• host
• multitude
• flock
• press
• 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
• piece
• smidgen
• driblet
• shortage
• lack
• morsel
• fleck
• absence
• flyspeck
• poverty
• nubbin
• scarcity
• deficit
• want
• deficiency
• paucity
• famine
• smatter
• insufficiency
• dearth
• inadequacy
• undersupply
• scantiness
• scarceness
• scantness
• meagerness
• skimpiness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of load

Verb

Philip bought the remaining costumes, loaded them into his truck and brought them home. — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2026

The cartridge slot supports most cartridges from the Atari 400, 800, XL and XE families, while USB storage can be used to load cartridge, disk and cassette images. — New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026

Noun

Each time a tool takes over a task, retire a meeting or report so efficiency gains reduce the load rather than add to it. — Tyson Gundersen, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

That reddish fruit on a stick seemed to pale in comparison to the loads of candy that other houses were giving out. — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Phrases Containing load

• get a load of
• load up on