overload

Speech parts

1. overload - Noun

2. overload - Verb

Meaning

To load or fill to excess; to load too heavily.

An excessive load; the excess beyond a proper load.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

clog surcharge overburden overcharge fry overstock lade cumber cram supercharge charge tax load excess flood
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Antonyms

clear definition empty decrease facilitate determination
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Hypernyms

laden lade load fill burden loading

Phrases with the word

fluid overload overload with brain fluid overload cerebral overload intracranial volume overload overload oneself

Derivatives

overloaded overloading

Examples

I have a theory about the human mind. A brain is a lot like a computer. It will only take so many facts, and then it will go on overload and blow up. Erma Bombeck

There are moments when mental overload can render words impossible. Nicholas Sparks

One of the effects of living with electric information is that we live habitually in a state of information overload. There's always more than you can cope with. Marshall McLuhan

The cure to information overload is more information. David Weinberger

When jackass back strong, dem overload ‘im hamper. Jamaican Proverb

It is not the load but the overload that kills. Spanish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

overliveliness overlively overliver overload on goods overload on purchases overload oneself