loads
Oodles and oodles
Loads means a large amount or many: There were loads of people at the concert, I've got loads of work to do.
The word is informal, common in British English, and functions like lots.
It derives from the noun load—a heavy burden or quantity carried—extended to suggest abundance.
Thanks loads expresses emphatic gratitude.
Large amount, or parcels
- tonsLarge quantities, informally
- heapsLarge informal quantities
- massesBulk or populace
- pilesMultiple heaped accumulations
stacks · plenty · abundance · oodles · scads · slew · gobs · reams
Of great mass
- massQuantity of matter
- tonnageShip's weight capacity
- poundsMass measurement units
- kilogramsMetric mass units
heft · density · gravity · force · pressure · bearing · capacity · lifting
Goods being transported
- shipmentGoods being transported
- consignmentBatch delivered for selling
- haulPull or carry laboriously
- goodsThings for sale
merchandise · pallets · containers · bulk · haulage · trucking · logistics · transport
Measure of heaviness
- strainExcessive stretching force
- pressureForce upon contact
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- responsibilityState of being answerable
obligation · encumbrance · onus · demands · hardship · duty · liability · commitment
lots
Large amount, or parcels
piles · stacks · plenty · abundance · oodles · scads · slew · gobs · reams · bunches
heavy
Of great mass
kilograms · heft · density · gravity · force · pressure · bearing · capacity · lifting · hauling
freight
Goods being transported
- shipmentGoods being transported
- consignmentBatch delivered for selling
- haulPull or carry laboriously
goods · merchandise · pallets · containers · bulk · haulage · trucking · logistics · transport · delivery
weight
Measure of heaviness
responsibility · obligation · encumbrance · onus · demands · hardship · duty · liability · commitment · drudgery
wattage
Electrical output measure
voltage · resistance · output · draw · consumption · demand · capacity · grid · generator · appliance
- Amountsa lot, a few, a little, some, many
- Informal Amountssmidgen, bunch, ton, heap, oodles
- words for "manymyriad, multitude, numerous, countless, abundant
- warehousingwarehouse, warehouses, fulfillment centers, fulfillment center, distribution centers
- batch termslots, shipments, deliveries, consignments, output
- structural analysisbeams, trusses, frames, deflection, shear force
- load upFill with cargo
- loaded upFilled to capacity
- take a load offInvitation to sit
- loading upFilling to capacity
- heavy loadSubstantial weight carried
- load of crapWorthless false talk
load, unload, loaded, overload, loading, unloaded, unloading, loader, boatload