Synonyms for shipment
Most common
cargo freight consignment lading transportation shipping dispatch invoice
Definitions
- n. 1
A load of goods that is transported by any method (not just by ship).
We're expecting another shipment of oranges tomorrow.
Forms
- Plural
- shipments → consignments, ladings, freights, cargoes…
Example sentences
- cargo Icebreakers are used to carry cargo and break ice.
- freight To wish another well bears more freight in Italian.
- consignment I bought this at the consignment shop.
- transportation How do I get to my job with public transportation?
- shipping The Strait of Gibraltar is a busy shipping route.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| shipment | falling | |
| cargo | falling | |
| freight | falling | |
| consignment | falling | |
| lading | falling | |
| transportation | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- load1
- 5 letters
- cargo2
- 6 letters
- lading2
- 7 letters
- loading2, freight1, payload2, invoice2
- 8 letters
- shipping2, dispatch2, despatch
- 11 letters
- consignment3
- 14 letters
- transportation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cargo2 = 2 syllables).