/ Thesaurus / L Synonyms of loads Find synonyms for: Noun1. tons, dozens, heaps, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings, large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amountusage: a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers"Noun1. tons, dozens, heaps, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings, large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amountusage: weight to be borne or conveyed2. load, loading, burden, weightusage: a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time; "the system broke down under excessive loads"3. load, loading, indefinite quantityusage: goods carried by a large vehicle4. cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment, merchandise, ware, productusage: an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate; "he got a load on and started a brawl"5. load, indefinite quantityusage: the power output of a generator or power plant6. load, electrical power, electric power, wattageusage: an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"7. burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus, concern, worry, headache, vexationusage: a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks8. lode, load, deposit, sedimentation, alluviationusage: the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents9. warhead, payload, load, explosiveusage: electrical device to which electrical power is deliveredVerb1. load, lade, laden, load up, fill, fill up, make fullusage: fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay"2. load, charge, fill, fill up, make fullusage: provide (a device) with something necessary; "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera"3. load, transferusage: transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory4. load, put, set, place, pose, position, layusage: put (something) on a structure or conveyance; "load the bags onto the trucks"5. load, adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase, corrupt, spoilusage: corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: benevolent Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language