Synonyms of loading

loading 1 of 2

noun

ˈlō-diŋ 

as in load

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

the accident was caused by an 18-wheeler with a loading in excess of the legal limit

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

loading

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verb

present participle of load

1

as in filling

to place a weight or burden on

students complaining that their teachers were loading them with work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filling
• packing
• burdening
• weighting
• saddling
• weighing
• stacking
• freighting
• encumbering
• lading
• piling
• ladening
• lumbering
• clogging
• cluttering
• overloading
• taxing
• hampering
• heaping
• mounding
• overtaxing
• overburdening
• pressing
• handicapping
• afflicting
• straining
• surcharging
• oppressing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unloading
• discharging
• relieving
• alleviating
• unlading
• lightening
• easing
• unburdening
• disencumbering
• disburdening

2

as in packing

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

• filling
• packing
• cramming
• jamming
• brimming
• refilling
• charging
• heaping
• stuffing
• flooding
• jam-packing
• reloading
• drenching
• replenishing
• crowding
• shoving
• swamping
• glutting
• bloating
• repacking
• bulking
• squeezing
• ramming
• saturating
• penetrating
• squashing
• matting
• overflowing
• crushing
• pressing
• refreshing
• overfilling
• overcharging
• honeycombing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• emptying
• clearing
• eliminating
• vacating
• draining
• drawing (off)
• evacuating
• bleeding
• exhausting
• cleaning
• voiding
• lightening
• sweeping
• flushing
• depleting
• purging
• scouring

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of loading

Noun

Simonpietri has begun building syringe storage and disposal into her vanity designs, with undercabinet pullouts configured to hold unused syringes upright and another drawer concealing a top-loading sharps-disposal bin. — Elyse Moody, Architectural Digest, 27 July 2026

The researchers also want to automate the garment-loading process and improve the controls. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026

Verb

The ad blocker Family plan blocks ads across all apps, not just your browser, so pop-ups and video ads stop loading in games and news apps too. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 28 July 2026

The pitch-shifting and sampling sound crude and unglamorous, pretty clearly the result of the producer loading up fragments and mashing buttons at will, as though literally taking his frustration out on himself. — Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 27 July 2026