Synonyms for cargo
ˈkɑr goʊcar·go

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1. cargonoun

   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, charge, clog, encumbrance, freight, incubus, lading, load, pack, weight

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1. cargo

   Synonyms:
   freight, burden, load, consignment, merchandise, lading, goods

   Antonyms:
   conveyance, bearer, carrier

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1. 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, incumbrance, encumbrance, load, shipment, warhead, freight rate

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1. • Merchandise

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1. cargonoun

   Synonyms:
   lading, freight, load, burden

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1. cargonoun

   Synonyms:
   freight, load, burden, lading, last

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1. List of paraphrases for "cargo":

   freight, goods, load, shipment, loading, burden, cargoes, consignment, upload, shipping, fret, airfreight, merchandise, charge, lading, debit, charging, all-cargo, commodity, freighter, payload

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How to use cargo in a sentence?

1. Stan Sudol:

   They can be used to set up initial mine site development for less cost in a faster time-frame as no local airstrip is necessary to start cargo delivery.

2. Eugene Kabambi:

   That requires either a cargo flight, in which case it would come very quickly but cost a lot, or if it's by boat, it could take a few weeks.

3. Daniel Russel:

   If the world's most powerful navy can not sail where international law permits, then what happens to the ships of navy of smaller countries ? , if our warships can't exercise its legitimate rights under international law at sea, then what about the fishermen, what about the cargo ships ? How will they prevent themselves from being blocked by stronger nations ?

4. Michael Eisenstadt:

   Very often arms and explosives were placed in trucks underneath legal cargo in order to hide them.

5. Gene Seroka:

   We're seeing cargo rushed out of factories onto ships and coming across the Pacific, and those landings will be complete probably [ in the ] back half of February here in Southern California.