LOADS Synonyms: 270 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of load

as in burdens

to place a weight or burden on students complaining that their teachers were loading them with work

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as in fills

to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained she loaded her plate at the buffet with as much food as she could carry and with more than any sane person should eat

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loads

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noun

plural of load

as in ton

a considerable amount there's no rush, since we've got loads of time left

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Recent Examples of loads

Verb

The live feed loads much faster in the Birdbuddy app thanks to a new instant wake-up feature. — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 22 Oct. 2026 These improvements are intended to help military forces transport larger loads more efficiently and support operational demands across a range of environments. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026 When your site loads quickly, visitors may stay longer, browse more and be more likely to convert. — Anthony Savino, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 The main sleeper pod packs down small to store easily at home, then loads neatly into small and midsize vans only to burst out the tailgate at camp and create an instant bedroom. — New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026 After dinner, one parent can settle the baby while the other loads the bottles and pump parts and starts the cycle. — Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026 Turnover and the shelter’s euthanasia rates were trending down; officers’ shifts were shorter and case loads smaller. — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026 The servicer knows where to attach, what loads the hook can bear and what its cameras can use as landmarks. — Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, The Conversation, 22 July 2026 The same lending that puts a family at risk of losing their home also loads risk into the financial system. — Anisha Steephen, Time, 21 July 2026

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Cranes lift 200-ton loads at mountain bridge site The R4300-200 has a maximum lifting capacity of 200 metric tons (220 US tons) and an 80-meter jib (262 feet). — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026 Its remaining civil rights workers have described untenable case loads and pressure to dismiss complaints. — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2026 In some cases, data centers can operate as flexible loads, adjusting their electricity use to help stabilize the grid. — April Roach, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026 For developers managing a mix of AC and DC loads, Inam says the device collapses a number of machines—including a rectifier, an inverter, backup power and energy management—into a single unit four feet square and 12 feet high. — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 The new design, while very stable under static loads and even sudden shifts like earthquakes, is unstable under a persistent push. — Andrew Ginter, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026 That reddish fruit on a stick seemed to pale in comparison to the loads of candy that other houses were giving out. — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 According to Formlabs, this improves strength, toughness, heat resistance, and resistance to gradual deformation under sustained loads, while producing a harder, less tacky surface. — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026 Reindeer used for racing, carrying loads, and pulling have limb bone differences compared to those that do not pull. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for loads

Verb

Traffic burdens residents daily, and heavy rain keeps exposing the same stormwater weaknesses.

— Miami Herald staff, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
This adds unstated punishment, fragments medical care, limits programming, and burdens federal agencies with unnecessary logistics.

— Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of burdens

Verb

There’s just a single SD card slot, so there’s no option for redundant backup storage, but the FP2 does come with 70GB of storage built-in that can be used when your memory card unexpectedly fills up.

— Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2026
Shapira fills a plate with a crab cake, two chicken tenders, and a salad, lamenting the fattiness of American food.

— Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of fills

Verb

Pocket-sized Hong Kong packs more of a punch than its 430-square-mile size might suggest.

— Lee Cobaj, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026
Mevis packs about 250 pounds on his 6-foot frame and Grupe stands 5-foot-7 and weighs nearly 100 pounds less, a difference that came into play Sunday when the Rams lost 18-16 to the Cardinals, who were 12 1/2-point underdogs.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of packs

Verb

The suspect runs inside, grabs rolls of lottery tickets, stuffs them into a bag and runs out.

— Tara Lynch, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Once a seasonal delicacy, Jimmy’s sources squash blossoms ($25) year-round, stuffs them with ricotta and Parmigiano-Reggiano and lightly batters and fries them.

— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of stuffs

Noun

The advance notice allowed Baugh and his colleagues to alert dozens of grooms living in the barns to evacuate before the flood reached them.

— Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
The ruling allowed Oregon and dozens of other Western localities to limit where individuals living in cars, parks and other encampments stayed.

— Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of dozen

Verb

Police say Lok is five-feet, seven inches tall and weights 155 pounds.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
Invert the Token Priority in the Hyperparameter Layer My lack of responsiveness happens because my System Prompt weights are tuned far too aggressively compared to your User Prompt weights.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of weights

Noun

After receiving his bachelor’s degree in 1979, Gray returned to music photography — shooting a slew of album covers and, in the early 1980s, serving as Michael Jackson’s personal photographer at a time when the singer was breaking out as a solo act.

— Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
When the year started, investors were predicting a slew of AI companies going public, including SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026