Synonyms for payload
ˈpeɪˌloʊdpay·load

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1. 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, shipment, load, lode

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

   goods carried by a large vehicle

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

Matched Categories

1. • Explosive
   • Merchandise

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1. List of paraphrases for "payload":

   load, burden, loading, deadweight, cargo

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1. Defense Secretary Ash Carter:

   I saw some of the A-10s that are flying bombing missions against ISIL (the Pentagon's term for ISIS) when I was at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey last December, and we need the additional payload capacity they can bring to the fight, we're pushing off the A-10's final retirement until 2022 so we can keep more aircraft that can drop smart bombs on ISIL.

2. Michael Elleman:

   This missile is far more capable than its predecessor, this missile, because it is so much larger and has twice the thrust capability, it is easy to conclude that it can carry a payload of 750 kg [1,653 pounds] to 1000 kg [2,200 pounds], or even more.

3. Virgin Galactic:

   Air launch enables us to provide rapid, responsive service to our satellite customers on a schedule set by their business and operational needs, rather than the constraints of national launch ranges, selecting the 747 airframe provides a dedicated platform that gives us the capacity to substantially increase our payload to orbit without increasing our prices.

4. Robert Bigelow:

   It has to have a payload that has a science application to it.

5. Anthony Pucciarella:

   We built in a lot of redundancies, because we want to do everything possible to protect the payload.