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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1. Kjell Lindgren:

   It's certainly no fun to see several of the cargo vehicles undergo mishaps, it underscores the difficulty of this industry and ... how unforgiving the space environment is.

2. Valero Energy Corp:

   We take safety very seriously, so we're concerned anytime there's an incident, despite the number of rail incidents recently, it is very rare for cargo not to be delivered to its destination safely.

3. Shervin Pishevar:

   Our longer term vision is to work with Russia to implement a transformative new Silk Road: a cargo Hyperloop that whisks freight containers from China to Europe in a day.

4. Schiphol Airport spokeswoman Willemeike Koster:

   We learned that a person was found having stowed away on a cargo plane at the airport's cargo platform, this morning.

5. Rick Cotton:

   The Port Authority’s infrastructure improvements such as the raising of the Bayonne Bridge and the deepening of the navigational channel serving our seaport have made possible this historic moment, these infrastructure improvements also have helped generate record cargo volumes and enabled our supply lines to remain extraordinarily robust during the pandemic.