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

The interns tapped away on one laptop, loaded up with Myspace. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026

Hernández walked and scored when Tommy Edman was hit by a pitch from Lodolo with the bases loaded in the second. — ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026

Noun

Eventually, a component has to survive vibration, temperature, load, contamination, assembly variation and thousands—or millions—of operating cycles. — Luis Garelli, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Along with Jac Caglianone, the Royals have two young players that can carry the offensive load for years to come. — Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026

Phrases Containing load

• get a load of
• load up on