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Synonyms for cargo

  • noun

Most common

load freight consignment lading goods merchandise

All synonyms

Noun

1. Freight

freight, lading, load, consignment, payload, shipment, loading, charge, charre UK, burden

Other

goods, merchandise, merchandize US

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.

    The plane was overloaded with cargo. It was a cargo of live animals.

Related words

Phrases
cargo bike cargo pants cargo ship cargo vessel cargo container air cargo cargo aircraft cargo bicycle

Forms

Plural
cargoes → freights, ladings, loads, consignments…

Choose the right word

Cargo, Load, Freight or Lading?

A ship's load is called distinctively a cargo, or it may be known as freight or lading.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • load The load of the truck was in excess of three tons.
  • freight To wish another well bears more freight in Italian.
  • consignment I bought this at the consignment shop.
  • goods Of course, neither goods nor mailing fee returned.
  • merchandise What sort of merchandise do you sell in your shop?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
cargofalling
loadfalling
freightfalling
consignmentfalling
ladingfalling
goodsfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
load1
5 letters
goods1
6 letters
charge1, burden2, lading2, charre
7 letters
loading2, freight1, payload2
8 letters
shipment2
11 letters
merchandise3, consignment3, merchandize

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (burden2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
cargaison
Español
cargamento
Català
càrrega