overload

1. 1.

   an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power

   Broaderload
2. 2.

   an excessive burden

   Synonymsoverburden

   Broaderload

Other forms of overload

plural

overloads·

past tense

overloaded·

present participle

overloading·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about overload

What does overload mean?

overload means "become overloaded". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in overload?

overload has 3 syllables: o-ver-load. The stress falls on "o". In IPA it is /ˈoʊvɚˌloʊd/.

What is another word for overload?

Close synonyms include clog, surcharge, overcharge, overburden. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is overload a common word?

overload is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with overload?

8 words rhyme with overload. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.