Synonyms of unloading

unloading

verb

present participle of unload

1

as in discharging

to empty or rid of cargo

the dockworkers unloaded the ship

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discharging
• unpacking
• evacuating
• unlading
• off-loading
• emptying
• unburdening
• relieving
• disencumbering
• vacating
• disburdening
• freeing
• lightening
• clearing
• voiding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loading
• packing
• filling
• charging
• stuffing
• jamming
• heaping
• cramming
• jam-packing

2

as in dumping

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

I can't seem to unload this old car—even the charities won't take it!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dumping
• discarding
• ditching
• losing
• abandoning
• scrapping
• shedding
• tossing
• jettisoning
• removing
• rejecting
• casting (off)
• exorcising
• chucking
• junking
• flinging (off or away)
• throwing away
• sloughing (off)
• disposing of
• shucking (off)
• eliminating
• exorcizing
• cashiering
• laying by
• throwing out
• sluffing (off)
• setting aside
• eighty-sixing
• dismissing
• deep-sixing
• pitching
• 86ing
• forsaking
• abolishing
• abdicating
• deserting
• eradicating
• kicking out
• liquidating
• wiping out
• extinguishing
• exterminating
• expunging
• extirpating
• stamping (out)
• annihilating
• rooting (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adopting
• using
• embracing
• employing
• utilizing
• holding
• taking on
• retaining
• keeping
• holding back