What is another word for overload?
855 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ˌə͡ʊvəlˈə͡ʊd], [ ˌəʊvəlˈəʊd], [ ˌəʊ_v_ə_l_ˈəʊ_d]
Overload is a term that refers to the situation where something or someone has too much of something, be it work, stress, or information. Here are some synonyms to help you convey the meaning of overload:
1. Burden - Something that is too heavy to carry or bear.
2. Overburden - To burden excessively, such as with too much work or responsibility.
3. Overabundance - Exceeding what is necessary or appropriate, leading to excess.
4. Overload - To load too heavily, as with too much information or too many tasks.
5. Overwhelm - To be too strong or numerous to handle, as with stress or emotions.
These synonyms allow you to describe the concept of overload in different ways and to add depth and nuance to your writing.
Synonyms for Overload:
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n.
• artifact • clog- clog .
- by product ,
- ex cess ,
- ex cesses ,
- ex-cess ,
- ex-cesses ,
- fulsomenesses ,
- luxuriances ,
- nimieties ,
- over dose ,
- over doses ,
- over flow ,
- over flows ,
- over kill ,
- over kills ,
- over much ,
- over muches ,
- over weight ,
- over weights ,
- over-dose ,
- over-doses ,
- over-flow ,
- over-flows ,
- over-kill ,
- over-kills ,
- over-much ,
- over-muches ,
- over-weight ,
- over-weights ,
- overkills ,
- pro fusion ,
- pro fusions ,
- pro-fusion ,
- pro-fusions ,
- re fuse ,
- re fuses ,
- re-fuse ,
- recrements ,
- super abundance ,
- super abundances ,
- super-abundance ,
- super-abundances ,
- supererogations ,
- the limits ,
- too much a good thing ,
- too much good thing ,
- too much of good thing ,
- too muches .
- final strokes ,
- in dignities ,
- in-dignities ,
- last licks ,
- last-straw ,
- match in powder barrel ,
- match powder barrel ,
- match the powder barrel ,
- pro vocation ,
- pro vocations ,
- pro-vocations ,
- straw broke camel back ,
- straw broke camel's back ,
- straw broke camels back ,
- straw broke the camel back ,
- straw broke the camel's back ,
- straw broke the camels back ,
- straw that broke camel back ,
- straw that broke camel's back ,
- straw that broke camels back ,
- straw that broke the camel back ,
- straw that broke the camels back .
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v.
• burden- bare down on ,
- beared down on ,
- bearing down on ,
- bears down on ,
- bore down on ,
- de press ,
- de pressed ,
- de presses ,
- de pressing ,
- de-press ,
- de-pressed ,
- de-presses ,
- de-pressing ,
- dished it out ,
- dishes it out ,
- dishing it out ,
- dumping on ,
- dumps on ,
- gave it to ,
- gave to ,
- gives it to ,
- gives to ,
- giving it to ,
- made heavy ,
- makes heavy ,
- making heavy ,
- over charge ,
- over charged ,
- over charges ,
- over charging ,
- over load ,
- over loaded ,
- over loading ,
- over loads ,
- over whelm ,
- over whelmed ,
- over whelming ,
- over whelms ,
- over-charge ,
- over-charged ,
- over-charges ,
- over-charging ,
- over-load ,
- over-loaded ,
- over-loading ,
- over-loads ,
- over-whelm ,
- over-whelmed ,
- over-whelming ,
- over-whelms ,
- saddles with ,
- saddling with ,
- snowing under ,
- snows under ,
- sticked it to ,
- sticked to ,
- sticking it to ,
- sticking to ,
- sticks it to ,
- stuck it to .
- de luge ,
- de luged ,
- de luges ,
- de luging ,
- de-luge ,
- de-luged ,
- de-luges ,
- de-luging ,
- in undated ,
- in-undated ,
- over came ,
- over come ,
- over comes ,
- over coming ,
- over crowd ,
- over crowded ,
- over crowding ,
- over crowds ,
- over run ,
- over running ,
- over runs ,
- over supplied ,
- over supplies ,
- over supply ,
- over supplying ,
- over-came ,
- over-comes ,
- over-coming ,
- over-crowd ,
- over-crowded ,
- over-crowds ,
- over-running ,
- over-supplied ,
- over-supplying ,
- oversupplying .
- made a pig of ,
- made pig of ,
- make pig of ,
- makes a pig of ,
- makes pig of ,
- making a pig of ,
- making pig of ,
- over feed ,
- over feeding ,
- over feeds ,
- over stock ,
- over stocked ,
- over stocking ,
- over stocks ,
- over-feed ,
- over-feeding ,
- over-feeds ,
- over-stock ,
- over-stocked ,
- over-stocking ,
- over-stocks .
- beating down ,
- beats down ,
- despotized ,
- despotizes ,
- despotizing ,
- dis hearten ,
- dis heartened ,
- dis heartening ,
- dis heartens ,
- dis tress ,
- dis tressed ,
- dis tresses ,
- dis-hearten ,
- dis-heartened ,
- dis-heartening ,
- dis-heartens ,
- dis-tress ,
- dis-tressed ,
- dis-tresses ,
- keeping down ,
- keeps down ,
- out raged ,
- out rages ,
- out-rage ,
- out-raged ,
- out-rages ,
- out-raging ,
- over powered ,
- over powering ,
- over powers ,
- over throw ,
- over throwing ,
- over thrown ,
- over throws ,
- over-power ,
- over-powered ,
- over-powering ,
- over-throw ,
- over-throwing ,
- over-thrown ,
- over-throws ,
- put up on ,
- puts screws to ,
- puts squeeze on ,
- puts the squeeze on ,
- puts up on ,
- puts upon ,
- putting screws to ,
- putting squeeze on ,
- putting the squeeze on ,
- putting up on ,
- putting upon ,
- sub jugate ,
- tyrranized ,
- tyrranizes ,
- tyrranizing ,
- weigh heavy up on ,
- weighed heavy up on ,
- weighed heavy upon ,
- weighing heavy up on ,
- weighing heavy upon ,
- weighs heavy up on ,
- weighs heavy upon .
- are intemperate ,
- art intemperate ,
- be labor ,
- be labored ,
- be laboring ,
- be labors ,
- be-labor ,
- be-labored ,
- be-laboring ,
- be-labors ,
- being intemperate ,
- bit off too much ,
- bit too much ,
- bite too much ,
- bites off too much ,
- bites too much ,
- biting off too much ,
- biting too much ,
- did death ,
- did to death ,
- didst death ,
- didst to death ,
- do death ,
- does death ,
- does to death ,
- doest death ,
- doest to death ,
- doeth death ,
- doeth to death ,
- doing death ,
- doing to death ,
- dost death ,
- dost to death ,
- doth death ,
- doth to death ,
- drave oneself ,
- drives oneself ,
- driving oneself ,
- drove oneself ,
- goes overboard ,
- goes too far ,
- going overboard ,
- going too far ,
- hyping ,
- is intemperate ,
- laid it on ,
- laying it on ,
- lays it on ,
- made federal case ,
- makes federal case ,
- making federal case ,
- not know when stop ,
- over did ,
- over does ,
- over doing ,
- over done ,
- over estimate ,
- over estimated ,
- over estimates ,
- over estimating ,
- over indulge ,
- over indulged ,
- over indulges ,
- over indulging ,
- over play ,
- over played ,
- over playing ,
- over plays ,
- over rate ,
- over rated ,
- over rates ,
- over rating ,
- over reach ,
- over reached ,
- over reaches ,
- over reaching ,
- over state ,
- over states ,
- over stating ,
- over tax ,
- over taxed ,
- over taxes ,
- over taxing ,
- over tire ,
- over tired ,
- over tires ,
- over tiring ,
- over used ,
- over using ,
- over value ,
- over valued ,
- over values ,
- over valuing ,
- over work ,
- over worked ,
- over working ,
- over works ,
- over-did ,
- over-does ,
- over-doing ,
- over-done ,
- over-estimated ,
- over-estimates ,
- over-estimating ,
- over-indulge ,
- over-indulged ,
- over-indulges ,
- over-indulging ,
- over-play ,
- over-played ,
- over-playing ,
- over-plays ,
- over-rated ,
- over-rates ,
- over-rating ,
- over-reach ,
- over-reaches ,
- over-reaching ,
- over-stated ,
- over-stating ,
- over-tax ,
- over-taxed ,
- over-taxes ,
- over-taxing ,
- over-tire ,
- over-tired ,
- over-tires ,
- over-tiring ,
- over-used ,
- over-using ,
- over-value ,
- over-valued ,
- over-values ,
- over-valuing ,
- over-work ,
- over-worked ,
- over-working ,
- over-works ,
- overtires ,
- overtiring ,
- piled on ,
- piles on ,
- ran in to ground ,
- ran in to the ground ,
- ran into ground ,
- ran into the ground ,
- run in to ground ,
- run in to the ground ,
- run into ground ,
- running in to ground ,
- running in to the ground ,
- running into ground ,
- running into the ground ,
- runs in to ground ,
- runs in to the ground ,
- runs into ground ,
- runs into the ground ,
- strained oneself ,
- straining oneself ,
- strains oneself ,
- talked big ,
- talking big ,
- talks big ,
- was intemperate ,
- wast intemperate ,
- wearing oneself out ,
- wears oneself out ,
- went overboard ,
- were intemperate ,
- wert intemperate ,
- wore oneself out .
- be sets ,
- be setting ,
- be siege ,
- be sieged ,
- be sieges ,
- be sieging ,
- be-set ,
- be-sets ,
- be-setting ,
- be-siege ,
- be-sieged ,
- be-sieges ,
- be-sieging ,
- over flowed ,
- over flowing ,
- over flown ,
- over-flowed ,
- over-flowing ,
- over-flown ,
- sub merges ,
- sub merging ,
- sub-merge ,
- sub-merged ,
- sub-merges ,
- sub-merging ,
- swallowed up ,
- swallows up ,
- up sets ,
- up setting ,
- up-set ,
- up-sets ,
- up-setting ,
- waterlogging ,
- waterlogs .
Other synonyms:
- push .
- work .
- drive .
- overdo .
- barrage .
- occupy .
- stretch .
Other relevant words:
- Despotize ,
- Overstocked ,
- Overstocking ,
- Ravened ,
- Saddling ,
- Snowed ,
- Snowing ,
- Whelmed ,
- Whelming ,
- be set ,
- bear down on ,
- beat down ,
- burden ,
- cumber ,
- deluge ,
- dish it out ,
- dump on ,
- dumped on ,
- encumber ,
- encumbered ,
- engulf ,
- give it to ,
- give to ,
- giving to ,
- glut ,
- hang up ,
- hinders ,
- hog ,
- hogtie ,
- impeded ,
- keep down ,
- kept down ,
- lade ,
- make a pig of ,
- make difficult ,
- make heavy ,
- oppress ,
- over-burden ,
- over-crowding ,
- over-run ,
- over-runs ,
- over-supplies ,
- over-supply ,
- overburdened ,
- overcharge ,
- overcrowd ,
- overcrowding ,
- overcrowds ,
- overfed ,
- overfeed ,
- overfeeding ,
- overfeeds ,
- oversupplied ,
- overwhelms ,
- pick on ,
- put screws to ,
- put squeeze on ,
- put the squeeze on ,
- put upon ,
- raven ,
- ravening ,
- ravens ,
- saddle with ,
- saddled ,
- saddled with ,
- slow down ,
- slowed down ,
- snow under ,
- snowed under ,
- stick it to ,
- stick to ,
- sticks to ,
- stuck to ,
- swallow up ,
- swallowing up ,
- swamp ,
- task ,
- teem ,
- trammel ,
- tyrranize ,
- up set ,
- waterlog ,
- weigh heavy upon ,
- weighted ,
- weighting ,
- whelm ,
- whelms .
- Burdening ,
- Charging ,
- Cumbrance ,
- Hepatize ,
- Incumber ,
- Overabound ,
- Overfreight ,
- Overfullness ,
- Overlade ,
- Overloading ,
- Overweigh ,
- Superabound ,
- Superincumbency ,
- Supersaturate ,
- Supersaturation ,
- adorn ,
- afflict ,
- back up ,
- backlog ,
- bale ,
- bear hard upon ,
- bend down ,
- bow ,
- brim over ,
- bristle with ,
- burthen ,
- cargo ,
- carry to excess ,
- charge ,
- choke ,
- choke off ,
- clog up ,
- clot ,
- cloy ,
- congest ,
- congestion ,
- constipate ,
- convolute ,
- corner ,
- cram ,
- cramp ,
- crawl with ,
- creep with ,
- crowd ,
- crush ,
- dead weight ,
- deadweight ,
- decorate ,
- depress ,
- discommode ,
- discompose ,
- drag ,
- drench ,
- drug ,
- elaborate ,
- embellish ,
- embroider ,
- encumbrance ,
- engorgement ,
- enrich ,
- exercise ,
- exhaust ,
- extortion ,
- fatigue ,
- festoon ,
- fill up ,
- fleece ,
- flood ,
- flourish ,
- foul ,
- freight ,
- fullness ,
- gazump ,
- gild ,
- gluttonize ,
- go beyond ,
- go ill with ,
- gorge ,
- hamper ,
- handicap ,
- hindrance ,
- hook ,
- hustle ,
- hyperemia ,
- immerse ,
- impede ,
- impediment ,
- impose upon ,
- incommode ,
- incubus ,
- incumbency ,
- inundate ,
- involve ,
- jade ,
- jam ,
- jam-pack ,
- know no bounds ,
- lading ,
- land ,
- last straw ,
- lay ,
- lie on ,
- load ,
- loading ,
- lumber ,
- make good ,
- make up ,
- millstone ,
- obstruct ,
- oppression ,
- ornament ,
- overabundance ,
- overbrimming ,
- overcome ,
- overdose ,
- overexert ,
- overflow ,
- overkill ,
- overpower ,
- overrun ,
- overspill ,
- overstatement ,
- overstock ,
- overstrain ,
- overstuff ,
- oversupply ,
- overtax ,
- overtaxing ,
- overuse ,
- overweight ,
- overweighting ,
- overwhelm ,
- pack ,
- pall ,
- persecute ,
- pile ,
- plethora ,
- pluck ,
- press ,
- pressure ,
- pressurize ,
- profusion ,
- repletion ,
- rip off ,
- rob ,
- run over ,
- run riot ,
- saddle ,
- sate ,
- satiate ,
- satiety ,
- saturate ,
- sicken ,
- soak ,
- strain ,
- stuff ,
- submerge ,
- superabundance ,
- supercharge ,
- surfeit ,
- swarm ,
- tax ,
- taxing ,
- tie one's hands ,
- too much ,
- trick out ,
- trouble ,
- try ,
- varnish ,
- wear ,
- weary ,
- weigh ,
- weigh on ,
- weigh upon ,
- well over ,
- worry .
- Overrated ,
- Overvalued ,
- Overvaluing ,
- be intemperate ,
- bite off too much ,
- do to death ,
- drive oneself ,
- go overboard ,
- go too far ,
- hyped ,
- laid on ,
- lay it on ,
- lay on ,
- laying on ,
- lays on ,
- make federal case ,
- not know when to stop ,
- over-estimate ,
- over-rate ,
- over-wrought ,
- overestimate ,
- overestimated ,
- overestimates ,
- overestimating ,
- overtaxed ,
- overtaxes ,
- overtire ,
- overtired ,
- overuses ,
- overusing ,
- overvalue ,
- overvalues ,
- pile on ,
- piling on ,
- run into the ground ,
- strain oneself ,
- talk big ,
- wear oneself out ,
- went too far .
- Fats ,
- Overdoses ,
- Recrement ,
- byproduct ,
- excessiveness ,
- exuberance ,
- final stroke ,
- fulsomeness ,
- last lick ,
- luxuriance ,
- match in the powder barrel ,
- nimiety ,
- over-abundance ,
- overweights ,
- redundance ,
- redundances ,
- remainder ,
- straw that broke the camel's back ,
- supererogation ,
- superfluousness ,
- surplus ,
- the limit ,
- too much of a good thing .
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How to use "Overload" in context?
The term "overload" can have a variety of meanings depending on the context it is used in.
In the context of electricity, overload refers to a situation in which the electrical load being carried by a power supply or transmission system is beyond the capacity of the unit or system. This can lead to shutdowns and dangerous conditions.
In the context of the human body, overload can refer to a situation in which a person is carrying too many electrical impulses or demands on their organs or systems. This can lead to health problems, including heart attacks and strokes.
Paraphrases for Overload:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
Overloading.
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Noun, singular or mass
Overloading.
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Proper noun, singular
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
load.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
loads.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Verb, base form
overwhelm.
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Verb, base form
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
surcharge.
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Noun, singular or mass
burden, congestion, limiter, overabundance, overhead, overstretch, protector, saturation, surcharge, Burdening, overburdening.
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Verb, base form
burden, overburden.
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Proper noun, singular
Hyponym for Overload:
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