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

The evidence included photographs taken at night at other companies’ loading docks. — Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026

The stevedores of the ship (who were responsible for loading and unloading ships at the port) were also on a break. — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Aug. 2026

Verb

For the first time in almost a month, a large tanker last week began loading crude at the western terminal of Iran’s main export hub Kharg Island, Windward said. — Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

The rookie starter walked Trea Turner on five pitches and Bryce Harper on four, loading the bases for former Twin Luis Arraez, who looked at five pitches and then took his base, forcing in a run. — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2026