Synonyms of load

load 1 of 2

verb

1

as in to burden

to place a weight or burden on

students complaining that their teachers were loading them with work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burden
• fill
• weight
• pack
• freight
• saddle
• weigh
• stack
• laden
• encumber
• pile
• lumber
• lade
• heap
• overload
• mound
• clog
• tax
• hamper
• clutter
• overburden
• strain
• handicap
• afflict
• press
• overtax
• oppress
• surcharge

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unload
• discharge
• relieve
• lighten
• alleviate
• ease
• unburden
• unlade
• disburden
• disencumber

2

as in to fill

to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained

she loaded her plate at the buffet with as much food as she could carry and with more than any sane person should eat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fill
• pack
• stuff
• cram
• heap
• jam
• brim
• charge
• refill
• flood
• jam-pack
• bulk
• reload
• shove
• replenish
• glut
• bloat
• drench
• squeeze
• swamp
• ram
• refresh
• repack
• saturate
• mat
• squash
• penetrate
• overflow
• crowd
• overcharge
• crush
• overfill
• press
• honeycomb

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• empty
• eliminate
• clear
• lighten
• vacate
• void
• evacuate
• drain
• draw (off)
• exhaust
• clean
• bleed
• sweep
• deplete
• purge
• flush
• scour

load

2 of 2

noun

ˈlōd 

1

as in loading

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

hoisted a load of grain on the truck going to Florida

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loading
• burden
• payload
• cargo
• freight
• weight
• haul
• lading
• draft
• shipment
• carload
• overload
• ballast
• pack
• consignment
• truckload
• package
• bale
• bundle
• boatload
• trainload
• packet
• wagonload
• bulk
• shipload
• surcharge
• deadweight
• manifest
• mass
• parcel
• body

2

as in ton

loads plural a considerable amount

there's no rush, since we've got loads of time left

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ton
• plenty
• lot
• pile
• stack
• truckload
• quantity
• heap
• bucket
• carload
• gobs
• all kinds (of)
• boatload
• chunk
• volume
• slew
• mountain
• dozen
• raft
• bundle
• wad
• bushel
• yard
• abundance
• quite a bit
• store
• pack
• sheaf
• good deal
• shipload
• reams
• peck
• wealth
• fistful
• myriad
• barrel
• mess
• multiplicity
• pot
• mass
• profusion
• bunch
• plenitude
• basketful
• oodles
• deal
• lashings
• scads
• spate
• sight
• plateful
• passel
• much
• surplus
• potful
• hundred
• excess
• plentitude
• flood
• plague
• overabundance
• rash
• overflow
• epidemic
• deluge
• surfeit
• redundancy
• sea
• plethora
• overage
• oversupply
• score
• overkill
• embarrassment
• superabundance
• crush
• thousands
• cram
• bonanza
• swarm
• host
• multitude
• flock
• press
• drove
• bevy
• horde
• superfluity
• army
• herd
• throng
• crowd
• overmuch
• million
• mob
• zillion
• legion
• gazillion
• trillion
• jillion
• kazillion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strain
• grain
• bit
• taste
• handful
• touch
• spot
• pinch
• trace
• sprinkling
• hint
• mouthful
• ounce
• peanuts
• shade
• fragment
• lick
• particle
• suspicion
• sprinkle
• shadow
• dram
• ray
• scrap
• streak
• pittance
• mite
• atom
• molecule
• speck
• ace
• shred
• whit
• dab
• drop
• tad
• glimmer
• nip
• granule
• dot
• mote
• jot
• scruple
• modicum
• section
• portion
• tittle
• crumb
• iota
• smattering
• little
• shot
• scintilla
• dash
• piece
• smidgen
• driblet
• shortage
• lack
• morsel
• fleck
• absence
• flyspeck
• poverty
• nubbin
• scarcity
• deficit
• want
• deficiency
• paucity
• famine
• smatter
• insufficiency
• dearth
• inadequacy
• undersupply
• scantiness
• scarceness
• scantness
• meagerness
• skimpiness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of load

Verb

Electric tugs docked alongside an LNG carrier being loaded at the LNG Canada docks in Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada, on Monday, July 14, 2025. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026

This is the one who shows up, locked and loaded and ready for duty, in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Digger, one bumpy ride of a satire slash symphony-of-burning-Rome-fiddlers. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026

Noun

The oversized beach wheels performed much better in sand with loads weighing about half that, and should be excellent for families carrying a cooler, snacks, beach umbrella, toddler, and toys for a day at the beach. — Thomas Ricker, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026

Open Arms Clinic nearly closed late last year, but its patient load has since been growing rapidly, executive director Sherry Beavers said. — Tamar Hallerman, AJC.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Phrases Containing load

• get a load of
• load up on