unload

Other forms of unload

past tense

unloaded·

present participle

unloading·

third person

unloads·

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 unload

What does unload mean?

unload means "remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unload?

unload has 2 syllables: un-load. The stress falls on "load". In IPA it is /ənˈloʊd/.

What is another word for unload?

Close synonyms include drop, drop off, set down, put down, discharge. 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 unload a common word?

unload 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 unload?

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