Antonyms for load
loʊdload

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1. loadnoun

   To put a load on (something).

   I struggled up the hill with the heavy load in my rucksack.

   Synonyms:
   charge, freight

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. loadnoun

   A burden (from the Anglo-Saxon byrthen, from the verb beran, bear) is what one has to bear, and the word is used always of that which is borne by a living agent. A load (from the Anglo-Saxon lād, 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. Weight measures the pressure due to gravity; the same weight that one finds a moderate load when in his full strength becomes a heavy burden in weariness or weakness. A ship's load is called distinctively a cargo, or it may be known as freight or lading. Freight denotes merchandise in or for transportation and is used largely of transportation or of merchandise transported by rail, which is, in commercial language, said to be "shipped." A load to be fastened upon a horse or mule is called a pack, and the animal is known as a pack-horse or pack-mule.

   Synonyms:
   burden, cargo, charge, clog, encumbrance, freight, incubus, lading, pack, weight

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. loadnoun

   Antonyms:
   refreshment, support, solace, alleviation, emptiness, lightness

   Synonyms:
   weight, lading, cargo, oppression, incubus, drag, burden

2. loadverb

   Antonyms:
   disburden, unload, disencumber, lighten, alleviate, believe

   Synonyms:
   burden, charge, lade, cargo, cumber, oppress

Matched Categories

1. • Concern
   • Corrupt
   • Deposit
   • Electrical Power
   • Fill
   • Indefinite Quantity
   • Put

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. load, loading, burdennoun

   weight to be borne or conveyed

   Synonyms:
   lading, incumbrance, payload, core, consignment, freight, lode, onus, gist, effect, burden, loading, cargo, essence, encumbrance, shipment, warhead

2. load, loadingnoun

   a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time

   "the system broke down under excessive loads"

   Synonyms:
   burden, warhead, incumbrance, onus, cargo, lading, shipment, encumbrance, consignment, payload, loading, freight, lode

3. cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignmentnoun

   goods carried by a large vehicle

   Synonyms:
   lading, despatch, committal, payload, consignment, freight, lode, dispatch, onus, freightage, burden, loading, commitment, cargo, incumbrance, encumbrance, shipment, warhead, freight rate

4. loadnoun

   an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate

   "he got a load on and started a brawl"

   Synonyms:
   burden, warhead, incumbrance, onus, cargo, lading, shipment, encumbrance, consignment, payload, loading, freight, lode

5. loadnoun

   the power output of a generator or power plant

   Synonyms:
   burden, warhead, incumbrance, onus, cargo, lading, shipment, encumbrance, consignment, payload, loading, freight, lode

6. burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onusnoun

   an onerous or difficult concern

   "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"

   Synonyms:
   preventive, lading, incumbrance, preventative, interference, payload, core, consignment, freight, lode, hitch, onus, gist, effect, burden, loading, hinderance, cargo, essence, encumbrance, shipment, hindrance, warhead

7. lode, loadnoun

   a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks

   Synonyms:
   burden, warhead, incumbrance, onus, cargo, lading, loading, freight, encumbrance, consignment, payload, shipment, lode

8. warhead, payload, loadnoun

   the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents

   Synonyms:
   burden, warhead, incumbrance, onus, cargo, lading, loading, freight, encumbrance, consignment, payload, shipment, lode

9. loadverb

   electrical device to which electrical power is delivered

   Synonyms:
   burden, warhead, incumbrance, onus, cargo, lading, shipment, encumbrance, consignment, payload, loading, freight, lode

10. load, lade, laden, load upverb

    fill or place a load on

    "load a car"; "load the truck with hay"

    Synonyms:
    charge, load up, stretch, dilute, ladle, debase, adulterate, lade, laden

11. load, chargeverb

    provide (a device) with something necessary

    "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera"

    Synonyms:
    excite, bear down, consign, blame, commove, commit, burden, agitate, lade, appoint, debase, laden, point, turn on, rouse, file, saddle, shoot down, accuse, institutionalise, lodge, bill, dilute, level, stretch, institutionalize, adulterate, charge, buck, charge up, shoot, tear, send, load up

12. loadverb

    transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory

    Synonyms:
    charge, load up, stretch, dilute, debase, adulterate, lade, laden

13. loadverb

    put (something) on a structure or conveyance

    "load the bags onto the trucks"

    Synonyms:
    charge, load up, stretch, dilute, debase, adulterate, lade, laden

14. load, adulterate, stretch, dilute, debaseverb

    corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

    "adulterate liquor"

    Synonyms:
    lade, unfold, pervert, elongate, adulterate, demoralise, deprave, stretch along, debauch, thin, vitiate, reduce, dilute, cut, thin out, stretch, stretch out, misdirect, load up, extend, debase, laden, charge, corrupt, profane, demoralize, subvert, alloy

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1. loadnoun

   Synonyms:
   burden, cargo, lading, encumbrance, weight, impediment, incubus

2. loadverb

   Synonyms:
   encumber, lade, burden, freight

How to use load in a sentence?

1. Annie Jones:

   I’ve seen this happen over the years and I decided to load up, i thought it’s best to beat the crowd. My vision is to be prepared.

2. Jason Kidd:

   Luka’s that type of player that can carry the load, for not just four games but for most of the season, he’s playing not just at an All-Star but at an MVP level right now, and that’s what we need going into the second half.

3. Jason Arnold:

   You would load up a Humvee and help toss garbage out, every time we went out, they would just hand out those cheap, paper filter masks. We knew it was bad, but if you’re given an order, you do it.

4. Tess Kearns:

   I found myself with a late mortgage and not enough business and racing to learn new skills to keep it all going, but I didn't feel like I was worn-out. I just felt like I had a heavy load to carry.

5. Tim Murtaugh:

   There are very good reasons why the very liberal Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed this bill two years ago - it's unconstitutional and it opens up the possibility for states to load up more requirements on candidates in future elections. What's next, five years of health records?, the Constitution is clear on the qualifications for someone to serve as president and states cannot add additional requirements on their own.

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