Synonyms of loaded

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adjective

ˈlō-dəd 

1

as in filled

containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible

the department stores were loaded with goods for the holiday shopping season

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filled
• packed
• bursting
• jammed
• full
• stuffed
• crammed
• crowded
• brimming
• chock-full
• brimful
• jam-packed
• chockablock
• overloaded
• fat
• overflowing
• overstuffed
• overfilled
• overladen
• overcrowded
• overfull
• replete
• fraught
• rife
• swarming
• teeming
• abounding
• flush

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• empty
• devoid
• blank
• bare
• vacant
• void
• short
• insufficient
• inadequate
• incomplete
• stark
• wanting
• deficient
• depleted
• drained
• shy
• shortish
• exhausted

2

as in rich

having goods, property, or money in abundance

the guy in the fancy foreign sports car obviously was loaded

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rich
• wealthy
• affluent
• moneyed
• successful
• in the chips
• opulent
• well-to-do
• well-endowed
• flush
• fat
• comfortable
• well-heeled
• prosperous
• deep-pocketed
• well-off
• well-fixed
• substantial
• thriving
• silk-stocking
• fat-cat
• propertied
• privileged
• prospering
• better-off
• flourishing
• blessed
• advantaged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• poor
• impoverished
• indigent
• needy
• deprived
• penniless
• destitute
• impecunious
• penurious
• indebted
• disadvantaged
• bankrupt
• broke
• ruined
• reduced
• pinched
• underprivileged
• insolvent
• short
• depressed
• poverty-stricken
• unaffluent
• low
• hand-to-mouth
• straitened
• pauperized
• beggared
• bankrupted
• skint

3

as in drunk

slang being under the influence of alcohol

the departing party guest was loaded, so we held his car keys until he had sobered up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drunk
• drunken
• fried
• wet
• wasted
• plastered
• bombed
• impaired
• gassed
• lit
• ripped
• looped
• pickled
• stewed
• blasted
• smashed
• blind
• juiced
• hammered
• under the influence
• potted
• sloshed
• soused
• crocked
• intoxicated
• three sheets in the wind
• tanked
• canned
• tipsy
• inebriated
• blitzed
• under the weather
• besotted
• oiled
• stinking
• stoned
• boozy
• squiffed
• lit up
• wiped out
• in the bag
• sozzled
• stiff
• cockeyed
• blotto
• high
• tight
• inebriate
• tiddly
• sottish
• pie-eyed
• in one's cups
• alcoholic
• strung out
• dissipated
• maudlin
• befuddled
• stupefied
• debauched
• rocky
• beery
• dopey
• crapulous
• dissolute
• bleary-eyed
• dipsomaniacal
• bibulous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straight
• dry
• sober
• temperate
• steady
• cool
• level
• abstemious
• abstinent
• teetotal
• clearheaded

4

as in ripped

slang being under the influence of a recreational drug

wasted his life getting loaded and watching TV all day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ripped
• hooked
• bombed
• wasted
• high
• blasted
• addicted
• stoned
• hopped-up
• blitzed
• wiped out
• strung out
• zonked
• zonked-out
• spaced-out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straight
• clean
• sober
• temperate
• steady
• level
• cool
• abstemious
• abstinent
• clearheaded

loaded

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verb

past tense of load

1

as in packed

to place a weight or burden on

students complaining that their teachers were loading them with work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filled
• packed
• burdened
• saddled
• weighted
• weighed
• stacked
• encumbered
• ladened
• freighted
• laded
• piled
• lumbered
• taxed
• cluttered
• clogged
• overloaded
• heaped
• hampered
• afflicted
• handicapped
• overburdened
• pressed
• mounded
• overtaxed
• surcharged
• oppressed
• strained

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unloaded
• discharged
• unburdened
• relieved
• lightened
• disencumbered
• alleviated
• unladed
• disburdened
• eased

2

as in stuffed

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

• filled
• packed
• stuffed
• crammed
• jammed
• heaped
• refilled
• charged
• brimmed
• flooded
• jam-packed
• reloaded
• drenched
• glutted
• replenished
• shoved
• swamped
• repacked
• bloated
• bulked
• saturated
• crowded
• rammed
• refreshed
• squeezed
• squashed
• penetrated
• matted
• overflowed
• pressed
• crushed
• overcharged
• honeycombed
• overfilled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• emptied
• cleared
• vacated
• evacuated
• eliminated
• exhausted
• drained
• depleted
• drew (off)
• cleaned
• lightened
• swept
• voided
• flushed
• purged
• bled
• scoured

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of loaded

Adjective

During a search, officers discovered a loaded handgun in the employee's bag. — Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

In practical terms, the study suggests a preference for agentic AI to simplify drudge work and logistics, such as narrowing choices or suggesting better options, rather than taking full control of emotionally loaded or high-complexity decisions. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026

Verb

The 27-year-old Rice added a run-scoring single with the bases loaded in the seventh and a grand slam to right-center that capped a five-run eighth. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

Personal bicycles and scooters are permitted on buses, bikes will be loaded onto racks inside the bus by the rear door, commercial bicycles and scooters are not permitted on the buses and no one should park on the center station platforms. — Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026