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Synonyms for load

  • noun
  • verb

Most common

pile heap lot pack burden weight cargo fodder

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Pile — A large number or amount

pile, heap, lot, pack, pac US, truckload, mass, deal, oodles informal, ream, slew, abundance, mountain, sight, multitude, profusion, battalion, cartload, trainload slang

2. Burden

burden, weight, encumbrance, onus, clog, impediment, oppression, incubus

3. Cargo

cargo, lading, shipment, consignment

4. Fodder — A unit of measure for various quantities

fodder, carrus rare, fother rare

Other

charge, charre UK, freight, pressure, drag, wad, payload, warhead, semen, saddle, lode, tax, washload rare

Verb

1. Stretch

stretch, dilute, debase, adulterate formal dated

2. Lade

lade, laden

Other

weigh down, encumber, oppress, cumber

Antonyms

smidge, relish, modicum

All antonyms of load →

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A large number or amount.

    I got a load of emails about that.

  2. n. 2

    A unit of measure for various quantities.

  3. v. 1

    To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).

    The dock workers refused to load the ship.

  4. v. 2

    To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.

    The longshoremen loaded the cargo quickly.

Related words

Word family
load-bearing loaded loading loader
Phrases
load of shit blow one's load shoot one's load load of bull load of crap load up drop a load load line

Forms

Plural
loads → piles, heaps, lots, packs…
Past participle
loaded
e.g. loaded → stretched, diluted, debased, adulterated…

Choose the right word

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A load (from the Anglo-Saxon l[=a]d, a way, course, carrying, or carriage) is what is laid upon a person, animal, or vehicle for conveyance, or what is customarily so imposed; as, a two-horse load.

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

Example sentences

  • deal The wholesalers might try to back out of the deal.
  • pile What is this pile of fur doing in the living room?
  • heap The workers heap up the soil to create a barrier.
  • truckload I'm having a truckload of gravel delivered here tomorrow.
  • weight These beams will not carry the weight of the roof.
  • burden The boy was fed up with being treated as a burden.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
loadfalling
dealsteady
pilerising
heaprising
truckloadfalling
weightfalling

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

By length

3 letters
lot1, tax1, pac1, wad1
4 letters
deal1, mass1, pack1, drag1, pile1, heap1, slew1, onus2, clog1, lode1, ream1, lade1
5 letters
sight1, cargo2, laden2, semen2
6 letters
weight1, charge1, burden2, saddle2, fodder2, dilute2, oodles2, lading2, debase2, cumber2, carrus, fother, charre
7 letters
stretch1, freight1, payload2, warhead2, oppress2, incubus
8 letters
pressure2, mountain2, shipment2, encumber3, cartload, washload
9 letters
abundance3, battalion3, multitude3, truckload2, profusion3, trainload
10 letters
oppression3, impediment4, adulterate4
11 letters
consignment3, encumbrance

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (onus2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
fardeau