n. 1 weight, burden; onus, pressure, encumbrance, millstone, cross, albatross, responsibility, care, anxiety, worry, trouble He put down his load and rested Seeing her safe is a load off my mind. 2 shipment, consignment, cargo, weight That load is too heavy for the van
v. 3 pack, pile, stack, heap, fill, lade, stuff, cram, jam, squeeze Load all the boxes you can in the truck 4 Often, load down. weigh down, burden, encumber, saddle with, overwhelm I was loaded down with too many responsibilities