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Synonyms for load

Synonyms for load: charge, laden and burden. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.

3 synonyms · Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · verb · 1 opposite · 4 sentences · 2 reason lines · a wrong tile in 6 puzzles

The 3 synonyms for load

Interchangeable with load, one per sense

Audited under load's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one load carries in that sense.

  • chargeverb, in the sense "provide (a device) with something necessary"
  • ladenverb, in the sense "fill or place a load on"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name load as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

  • burdenburden is a noun in the sense "an onerous or difficult concern"

Two directions, one standard: two audited under load and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.

Sense 1 of 2verbTier 1, FoothillsContact and joining

provide (a device) with something necessary

Load the camera.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

load in 2 more sentences, same sense

  • Load the stapler before it runs out of staples during the meeting.
  • Please load the dishwasher with detergent before you start the cycle.

How it behaves: In this sense load typically takes a direct object naming the device and is often followed by "with" plus the item supplied, as in instructional or technical writing.

The true synonym

charge

Same sentence, swapped: Charge the camera.

Close but different

The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot load is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

  • stretch
  • laden
  • complete

The opposite, in this sense

unload reverses load as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of load takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.

  • unload
Sense 2 of 2verbTier 2, TreelineContact and joining

fill or place a load on

Load a car.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

laden

Same sentence, swapped: Laden a car.

Close but different

Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.

  • stretch
  • charge
  • prime

Where load turns up in the game

load is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in six other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

4 of the 6 puzzles where load is the trap

  • sendverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is post, in the sense "cause to be directed or transmitted to another place", and load is one of the three tiles that lose.
  • communicateverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is convey, in the sense "transfer to another", with load sitting one tile away.
  • neighborhoodnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is region, in the sense "the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in 'in the region of')", and load is on the board beside it.
  • productionnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is yield, in the sense "the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)", so load is there to be ruled out.

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The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so load reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

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