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
• yard
• bundle
• raft
• wad
• bushel
• 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

Which explains why even modern-day Russia has recently loaded up with the cheapest possible foreign labor from former Soviet satellite states. — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2026

Gage Workman’s bases-loaded double in the ninth inning gave him a career-high three RBIs. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026

Noun

The collaboration focuses on serving large-load customers, among which are AI data centers, manufacturing facilities, and other energy-intensive industries that require a constant supply of electricity. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026

Transfers Xai’Shaun Edwards and Malae Fonoti could also be tabbed to share the load in the rotation. — Pj Green august 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2026

Phrases Containing load

• get a load of
• load up on