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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1. Ian White:

   Because I'm retired I can take the load off these younger blokes, as long as I'm healthy enough I'll keep doing it because that takes the pressure off them.

2. Danske Bank:

   The efforts of closing down unprofitable routes are obviously starting to pay off, in addition to the fact that existing routes are becoming more mature and thereby perform better, we expect continued solid traffic figures for the coming months in terms of load and underlying yield.

3. John Kotek:

   At Chernobyl… the last reactor was shut down in the year 2000. So the spent fuel that's on site there has had 20 plus years to cool, i can point to a statement from the IAEA related to this just earlier today. They said that heat load of spent fuel storage pool and the volume of cooling water at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is sufficient for effective heat removal without the need for electrical supply.

4. Fin Costello -RRB- Davis:

   Things quickly changed after audiences got a load of Stevie Nicks, this beautiful girl dancing around the stage. People kind of forgot about the rest of Fleetwood Mac and Lindsey Buckingham. It kind of became the Stevie Nicks show.

5. Bashar Batayneh:

   Jordan bore the heavy load of the Syrian refugee crises on behalf of the international community and was deeply impacted regarding water. Refugees cost the water sector over $ 600 million per year while Jordan received a fraction of this amount from the international community.