overladen

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adjective

Packed heavily, especially beyond normal capacity; overloaded.

“The tray was overladen with food.”

Similar
overburdenedoverloadedoverflowingoverwhelmedbrimmingchock-fullcrammedcrowded
OriginEnglish laden ← Middle English over- ← Old English ofer- →
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Meanings

overladen1

adjective
  1. Packed heavily, especially beyond normal capacity; overloaded.

    The tray was overladen with food.

    1 more example

    The trunk was overladen with clothes.

  2. Burdened excessively.

    The student is overladen with homework.

    1 more example

    The first-time parents are overladen with new responsibility.

overladen2

verb
  1. participlepastpast participle of overlade

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
overburdenedoverloadedoverflowingoverwhelmedbrimmingchock-fullcrammedcrowdedfilledfloodedinundatedjammedjam-packedpackedswamped

adjectiveloaded past capacity

Similar
overloadedfull
Also see
overloaded

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishladen
  8. Englishoverladen

From over- + laden.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with overladen

ladenmaidenHaydenLeidenAidanBradenAdenJaydenjadenmenhadenKadenCadenRenews-Cappahayden
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Cite this entry
APA

overladen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overladen

MLA

“overladen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overladen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overladen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overladen.

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