Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun overload

2 senses of overload

Sense 1
overload -- (an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power)
       => load, loading, burden -- (weight to be borne or conveyed)

Sense 2
overload, overburden -- (an excessive burden)
       => load, loading, burden -- (weight to be borne or conveyed)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb overload

3 senses of overload

Sense 1
overload -- (become overloaded; "The aerator overloaded")

Sense 2
clog, overload -- (fill to excess so that function is impaired; "Fear clogged her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details")
       => fill, fill up, make full -- (make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride")

Sense 3
overload, surcharge, overcharge -- (place too much a load on; "don't overload the car")
       => load, lade, laden, load up -- (fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay")