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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cargo, freight |
| Synonyms: | amount, bale, bundle, capacity, charge, consignment, contents, encumbrance, goods, haul, heft, hindrance, lading, mass, pack, parcel, part, payload, shipment, shot, weight |
| Main Entry: | load |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burden, saddle |
| Synonyms: | arrange, ballast, bear, carry, charge, chock, choke, containerize, cram, fill, flood, freight, glut, gorge, heap, heap up, jam*, lade, lumber, mass, oversupply, pack, pile, pile it on, pile up, place, pour in, put aboard, ram in, stack, store, stow, stuff, surfeit, swamp, top, top off, weigh, weigh down, weight |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, benefit, bless, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | load |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | overburden, pressure |
| Synonyms: | burden, charge, encumber, hamper, lade, oppress, saddle, task, tax, trouble, weigh down, weight, worry |
| Antonyms: | relieve, unburden |
| Main Entry: | agglomeration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection |
| Synonyms: | cluster, heap, jumble, load, mass, pile |
| Main Entry: | albatross |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden |
| Synonyms: | cross to bear, disgrace, load, millstone, misery, woe |
| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quantity |
| Synonyms: | aplenty, bags, bulk, bundle, chunk, expanse, extent, flock, gob, heap, hunk, jillion, load, lot, magnitude, mass, measure, mess*, mint, mucho, number, oodles*, pack, passel, peck, pile, scads, score, slat, slew, supply, ton, volume, whopper |
| Notes: | use 'amount' with things that cannot be counted but 'number' with things that can be counted number is regularly used with count nouns, while amount is mainly used with mass nouns: number of mistakes, amount of money |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | equip with weapon or power |
| Synonyms: | accouter, appoint, array, deck, equalize, fortify, furnish, gear, gird, guard, heel up, heel, issue, load, load up, lug iron, make ready, mobilize, outfit, pack, pack a rod, prepare, prime, protect, provide, rig, rod up, strengthen, supply, tote |
| Antonyms: | disarm |
| Main Entry: | boot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start operating system |
| Synonyms: | bootstrap, cold boot, load, reboot, reset, restart, start, start computer, warm boot |
| Main Entry: | buildup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | development; accumulation |
| Synonyms: | accretion, advertising, enlargement, escalation, expansion, gain, growth, heap, hype, increase, load, mass, plug, promotion, publicity, puff, stack, stockpile, store |
| Antonyms: | decrease, destruction, reduction |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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