boatloads
A whole lot
Boatloads means a large quantity or amount of something: They made boatloads of money on that deal.
The literal sense—the cargo capacity of a boat—exists but rarely appears.
The figurative use dominates, always suggesting abundance: boatloads of homework, boatloads of fans showed up.
tons
Large quantities, informally
stacks · mountains · scads · oodles · gobs · slews · droves · hordes · swarms · floods
cargo
Transported goods
- freightGoods being transported
- shipmentGoods being transported
- consignmentBatch delivered for selling
maritime · vessel · container · harbor · port · dock · stevedore · longshoreman · barge · tanker
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- quantitiessome, many, few, amount, several