Synonyms of loaded

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adjective

ˈlō-dəd 

1

as in filled

containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible

the department stores were loaded with goods for the holiday shopping season

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filled
• packed
• bursting
• jammed
• full
• stuffed
• crammed
• crowded
• brimming
• chock-full
• brimful
• jam-packed
• chockablock
• overloaded
• fat
• overflowing
• overstuffed
• overfilled
• overladen
• overcrowded
• overfull
• replete
• fraught
• rife
• swarming
• teeming
• abounding
• flush

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• empty
• devoid
• blank
• bare
• vacant
• void
• short
• insufficient
• inadequate
• incomplete
• stark
• wanting
• deficient
• depleted
• drained
• shy
• shortish
• exhausted

2

as in rich

having goods, property, or money in abundance

the guy in the fancy foreign sports car obviously was loaded

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rich
• wealthy
• affluent
• moneyed
• successful
• in the chips
• opulent
• well-to-do
• well-endowed
• flush
• fat
• comfortable
• well-heeled
• prosperous
• deep-pocketed
• well-off
• well-fixed
• substantial
• thriving
• silk-stocking
• fat-cat
• propertied
• privileged
• prospering
• better-off
• flourishing
• blessed
• advantaged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• poor
• impoverished
• indigent
• needy
• deprived
• penniless
• destitute
• impecunious
• penurious
• indebted
• disadvantaged
• bankrupt
• broke
• ruined
• reduced
• pinched
• underprivileged
• insolvent
• short
• depressed
• poverty-stricken
• unaffluent
• low
• hand-to-mouth
• straitened
• pauperized
• beggared
• bankrupted
• skint

3

as in drunk

slang being under the influence of alcohol

the departing party guest was loaded, so we held his car keys until he had sobered up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drunk
• drunken
• fried
• wet
• wasted
• plastered
• bombed
• impaired
• gassed
• lit
• ripped
• looped
• pickled
• stewed
• blasted
• smashed
• blind
• juiced
• hammered
• under the influence
• potted
• sloshed
• soused
• crocked
• intoxicated
• three sheets in the wind
• tanked
• canned
• tipsy
• inebriated
• blitzed
• under the weather
• besotted
• oiled
• stinking
• stoned
• boozy
• squiffed
• lit up
• wiped out
• in the bag
• sozzled
• stiff
• cockeyed
• blotto
• high
• tight
• inebriate
• tiddly
• sottish
• pie-eyed
• in one's cups
• alcoholic
• strung out
• dissipated
• maudlin
• befuddled
• stupefied
• debauched
• rocky
• beery
• dopey
• crapulous
• dissolute
• bleary-eyed
• dipsomaniacal
• bibulous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straight
• dry
• sober
• temperate
• steady
• cool
• level
• abstemious
• abstinent
• teetotal
• clearheaded

4

as in ripped

slang being under the influence of a recreational drug

wasted his life getting loaded and watching TV all day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ripped
• hooked
• bombed
• wasted
• high
• blasted
• addicted
• stoned
• hopped-up
• blitzed
• wiped out
• strung out
• zonked
• zonked-out
• spaced-out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straight
• clean
• sober
• temperate
• steady
• level
• cool
• abstemious
• abstinent
• clearheaded

loaded

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verb

past tense of load

1

as in packed

to place a weight or burden on

students complaining that their teachers were loading them with work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filled
• packed
• burdened
• saddled
• weighted
• weighed
• stacked
• encumbered
• ladened
• freighted
• laded
• piled
• lumbered
• taxed
• cluttered
• clogged
• overloaded
• heaped
• hampered
• afflicted
• handicapped
• overburdened
• pressed
• mounded
• overtaxed
• surcharged
• oppressed
• strained

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unloaded
• discharged
• unburdened
• relieved
• lightened
• disencumbered
• alleviated
• unladed
• disburdened
• eased

2

as in stuffed

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

• filled
• packed
• stuffed
• crammed
• jammed
• heaped
• refilled
• charged
• brimmed
• flooded
• jam-packed
• reloaded
• drenched
• glutted
• replenished
• shoved
• swamped
• repacked
• bloated
• bulked
• saturated
• crowded
• rammed
• refreshed
• squeezed
• squashed
• penetrated
• matted
• overflowed
• pressed
• crushed
• overcharged
• honeycombed
• overfilled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• emptied
• cleared
• vacated
• evacuated
• eliminated
• exhausted
• drained
• depleted
• drew (off)
• cleaned
• lightened
• swept
• voided
• flushed
• purged
• bled
• scoured

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of loaded

Adjective

The Alameda County District Attorney's Office said she was charged with involuntary manslaughter, assault with a firearm, carrying a loaded firearm in public, and brandishing a firearm in public. — Jose Fabian, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

According to the release, officers recovered a loaded firearm, oxycodone pills and around $6,600. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

Verb

The arrangement allows the vessel to reach speeds exceeding 40 knots (46 mph) when fully loaded. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026

Since they are loaded as system apps, users cannot easily remove them. — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 3 Nov. 2026