Synonyms of payloads

payloads

noun

plural of payload

as in loads

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

the space shuttle can carry a maximum payload of approximately 50,000 pounds

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loads
• cargoes
• loadings
• burdens
• weights
• freights
• hauls
• shipments
• drafts
• ladings
• packages
• packets
• masses
• truckloads
• consignments
• bundles
• packs
• overloads
• bales
• carloads
• ballasts
• shiploads
• trainloads
• wagonloads
• parcels
• surcharges
• boatloads
• deadweights
• bodies
• manifests
• bulks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of payloads

SpaceX has launched the Falcon 9 hundreds of times from both Florida's Space Coast and the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California to deliver its Starlink broadband internet satellites and other payloads to low-Earth orbit. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 30 July 2026

Built for contested environments Mayhem 10 carries payloads weighing up to 10 pounds, flies more than 62 miles and remains airborne for over 50 minutes. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026

Their modular design allows rapid adaptation, deploying diverse payloads like torpedoes, air drones, and rockets. — Zita Ballinger Fletcher, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

The Falcon 9 deployed all four payloads within about an hour of liftoff. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026

Four of those have delivered national security payloads to orbit, with the most recent of those, USSF-52, launching in December 2023. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 23 July 2026

For one, investors calculate the high valuations of both based on their artificial intelligence efforts, not their core businesses selling electric vehicles or lifting payloads and astronauts into outer space. — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 22 July 2026

The 24-foot vessels, which cost less than $1 million each, can travel more than 1,000 miles while carrying payloads of up to 1,000 pounds. — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 17 July 2026