LOADING Synonyms: 114 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈlō-diŋ

Definition of loading

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

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verb

present participle of load

as in filling

to place a weight or burden on students complaining that their teachers were loading them with work

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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

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Recent Examples of loading

Noun

What was once an indoor loading area that looked like a Norwegian fishing village is now Arendelle on the day of the Winter in Summer Celebration. — Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026 Improvements will vary by site and include new or upgraded crosswalks, curb ramps, traffic signs, pavement markings, bicycle-lane treatments, traffic-signal modifications and student loading areas. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Verb

Surveillance footage then showed Smith and Garnett loading a heavy object into the back of Garnett’s car. — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026 The splash screen that appears when loading up Orbitals, showing Shapefarm and publisher Kepler Interactive’s logos, is soaked in retro-futuristic bright neon like Apple’s back in the 80s. — George Yang, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for loading

Recent Examples of Synonyms for loading

Noun

Only running the dishwasher or washing machine with a full load.

— Kristin Tsumura Tsai, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Under heavy load, each GPU can draw several hundred watts and generate heat that must be removed.

— Austyn Gaffney, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of load

Verb

Local rinks are filling back up, the Sabres’ rookie camp opens in just over a week and in roughly two weeks the team’s veterans will begin training camp for the 2026-27 season.

— Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Magazines and newspapers have spent much of the past few years filling column inches with concerns about the manhood of young Americans.

— T. M. Brown, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of filling

Noun

The new system allows the drone to release supplies while hovering, drop payloads during forward flight, or land and unload cargo autonomously, eliminating the need for personnel or dedicated equipment at the receiving site.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
Technological advances have already made drones cheaply and readily available for purchase, with longer ranges, higher payloads, and an improved ability to evade electronic warfare.

— Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of payload

Verb

But this month, the Coalition for Open Democracy, a voter advocacy group, filed a lawsuit, arguing the New Hampshire law is unconstitutional for burdening eligible students' right to vote and discriminating against younger voters for their age.

— Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 17 Aug. 2026
That finding should attract attention from state and local policymakers seeking practical ways to increase housing supply without burdening taxpayers or raising costs for builders and buyers.

— Kileen Lindgren, Oc Register, 16 July 2026

Definition of burdening

Noun

Offloading that cognitive and physical burden to an intelligent system allows high-end cardiovascular interventions to scale far more easily to clinics and communities worldwide.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
Whatever option Toronto chooses, the burden falls on Cease and Soriano to continue their strong play.

— Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of burden

Verb

His own alternative is cruder and costs nothing, which is to dial the equity weighting back to 80% or 75% and pocket the fee.

— Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Founded in 1818, the Farmers' Almanac uses a combination of sunspot cycles, lunar position, tidal pull and historical pattern weighting to build long-range forecasts.

— Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of weighting

Noun

This work has resulted in the Nyx spacecraft, which is now undergoing NASA safety reviews for a cargo mission to the International Space Station as early as November 2028.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
The Amazon cargo plane that sped past the end of a MIA runway collided with two vehicles, killing five and injuring three others who remained hospitalized Tuesday.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026

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