Synonyms 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

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

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

2. loadverb

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms: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

Matched Categories

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

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. loadnoun

   Synonyms:
   burden, weight

2. loadnoun

   Synonyms:
   lading, cargo, freight

3. loadnoun

   Synonyms:
   encumbrance, pressure, clog, incubus, drag weight, dead weight

4. loadverb

   Synonyms:
   freight, lade, put or lay a load upon

5. loadverb

   Synonyms:
   encumber, oppress, burden, weigh down

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. loadnoun

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

2. loadverb

   Synonyms:
   encumber, lade, burden, freight

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "load":

   loading, upload, burden, charge, cargo, uploading, loaded, charging, loads, payload, instructs, vacuum, uploaded, burdens, carga, shipment, borne, uploads, weighing, onus, force, expense, workload, freight, loader, responsible

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How to use load in a sentence?

1. Tiffany Carol Fintel:

   When I arrived at the shelter to discover 15 cats, Jean said to load as many as we could fit, if there had been pigs or even a duck she would have told me to take them too lol. The cats are settling in and we have a few cat rescues stepping up to help with them.

2. Makarius Mdemu:

   You have to take into account a whole load of geographic, agronomic, and economic factors to make irrigation projects sustainable.

3. Tom Ballantyne:

   Normally, if there's an issue with range because of headwinds, a carrier would reduce the passenger load overall, obviously that would also reduce the revenue an airline is making from that particular flight, but it's not as if a headwind issue is a permanent situation.

4. Louise Sattler:

   For some reason, we are not happy being 'just average,' moms in particular need to be 200% at everything. We need to give ourselves permission to be just 'average' at some parts of our lives and perhaps let other aspects go. That load of laundry can wait until tomorrow as reading an extra bed-time story to your child is more important.

5. James Mickens:

   For a web browser, loading all of a page’s objects is like visiting all of the cities, polaris effectively gives you a list of all the cities before your trip actually begins. It’s what allows the browser to load a webpage more quickly.