What is another word for billion?
934 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ bˈɪli͡ən], [ bˈɪliən], [ b_ˈɪ_l_iə_n]
Billion is a commonly used word to refer to a number that equals one thousand million. However, in the world of finance and mathematics, there are several synonyms for billion that are equally important and accurate. In the United States, a billion is sometimes called a milliard. In some European countries, a billion is referred to as a milliard, while a trillion is used to describe a number equal to one thousand billion. The word giga is also used as a synonym for billion in computing and telecommunications. Other synonyms for billion include the words kilomillion, teramillion, and gigamillion, which are used to describe numbers that are greater than one billion.
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Synonyms for Billion:
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adj.
• five or more • all -
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- a good/great deal of something ,
- a load of/loads of something ,
- a lot/lots ,
- abundance ,
- all manner of something ,
- much ,
- pile ,
- quantity ,
- quite a few .
Other synonyms:
- cardinal number ,
- crore ,
- eight ,
- eighteen ,
- eighty ,
- eleven ,
- fifteen ,
- five ,
- forty ,
- four ,
- fourteen ,
- googol ,
- lakh ,
- nine ,
- nineteen ,
- ninety ,
- seven ,
- seventeen ,
- seventy ,
- six ,
- sixteen ,
- sixty ,
- ten ,
- thirteen ,
- thirty ,
- three ,
- threescore ,
- twain ,
- twelve ,
- twenty ,
- two .
- unit .
- M .
Other relevant words:
- 0 ,
- 1 ,
- 2 ,
- 3 ,
- 4 ,
- 5 ,
- 6 ,
- 7 ,
- 8 ,
- 9 ,
- 10 ,
- 11 ,
- 12 ,
- 13 ,
- 14 ,
- 15 ,
- 16 ,
- 17 ,
- 18 ,
- 19 ,
- 20 ,
- 30 ,
- 40 ,
- 50 ,
- 60 ,
- 70 ,
- 80 ,
- 90 ,
- 100 ,
- 144 ,
- 1000 ,
- 10000 ,
- 100000 ,
- 8vo ,
- a good deal ,
- a great deal ,
- a hundred times ,
- a lot ,
- acclaim ,
- accompany ,
- account ,
- accumulate ,
- ace ,
- act ,
- add up ,
- address ,
- adult male ,
- agglomerate ,
- aggregate ,
- aggregative ,
- aim ,
- almighty ,
- amass ,
- amount ,
- anatomy ,
- ane ,
- announce ,
- annunciate ,
- anticipate ,
- appraisal ,
- approximate ,
- approximation ,
- arrant ,
- ashcan school ,
- atomic number 83 ,
- atomic pile ,
- atomic reactor ,
- aught ,
- augur ,
- august ,
- auspicate ,
- bachelor of arts in nursing ,
- baker's dozen ,
- bald-headed ,
- bald-pated ,
- ball club ,
- banish ,
- bank ,
- banning ,
- bare ,
- barefaced ,
- baseball club ,
- basketball team ,
- batch ,
- battalion ,
- bazillion ,
- be known as ,
- belittled ,
- bespeak ,
- bet ,
- bid ,
- big bucks ,
- big money ,
- birdcall ,
- birdsong ,
- bismuth ,
- bit ,
- blackball ,
- bod ,
- boundlessness ,
- brace ,
- buckeye state ,
- build ,
- building block ,
- bulk ,
- bulwark ,
- bunch together ,
- bunch up ,
- bundle ,
- caboodle ,
- cache ,
- cadaverous ,
- call in ,
- call off ,
- call option ,
- call up ,
- caller ,
- captain hicks ,
- cardinal grosbeak ,
- carmine ,
- cast out ,
- censor ,
- centennial ,
- central ,
- century ,
- chain reactor ,
- chassis ,
- churchman ,
- cinque ,
- claim ,
- clean ,
- cleric ,
- cloud ,
- club ,
- clump ,
- cluster ,
- clustering ,
- code ,
- collect ,
- come ,
- commencement ,
- companion ,
- companionship ,
- compile ,
- complete ,
- compute ,
- conceive of ,
- concourse ,
- consummate ,
- copiousness ,
- count ,
- countless ,
- couple ,
- couplet ,
- creator ,
- crew ,
- crime syndicate ,
- crowd together ,
- crude ,
- cry ,
- crying ,
- cryptograph ,
- cubic yard ,
- cumulus ,
- curtilage ,
- curve ,
- cut ,
- cypher ,
- deal ,
- decrepit ,
- deluxe ,
- denudate ,
- denuded ,
- depend ,
- design ,
- deuce ,
- deuce-ace ,
- digit ,
- dilute ,
- diminished ,
- dinky ,
- direct ,
- distich ,
- distinguished ,
- double-dyed ,
- down ,
- dozens ,
- drove ,
- dry out ,
- duad ,
- duet ,
- duo ,
- dyad ,
- earthy ,
- ecclesiastic ,
- egregious ,
- eight-spot ,
- eighter ,
- eightsome ,
- eightvo ,
- elevated ,
- elysian ,
- emcee ,
- encipher ,
- encrypt ,
- ennead ,
- enough ,
- enter ,
- enumerate ,
- envision ,
- eon ,
- estimation ,
- eternity ,
- everlasting ,
- exalted ,
- expansive ,
- faint ,
- fancy ,
- fantastic ,
- fellowship ,
- fence ,
- fence in ,
- fifty dollar bill ,
- fig ,
- figure of speech ,
- fin ,
- first ,
- fistful ,
- five-spot ,
- fivesome ,
- flagrant ,
- flesh ,
- flimsy ,
- flock ,
- football team ,
- forbiddance ,
- forbidding ,
- forebode ,
- forerunner ,
- form ,
- four-spot ,
- foursome ,
- fragile ,
- frame ,
- fundamental ,
- galvanic pile ,
- gang up ,
- gauge ,
- gaunt ,
- gentleman ,
- gentleman's gentleman ,
- get-go ,
- gilded ,
- glaring ,
- god almighty ,
- godhead ,
- godlike ,
- godly ,
- good deal ,
- goose egg ,
- grade ,
- grand piano ,
- great deal ,
- grievance ,
- ground forces ,
- grounds ,
- grudge ,
- guess ,
- haemorrhoid ,
- haggard ,
- hail ,
- half a dozen ,
- half dozen ,
- half-dozen ,
- hapless ,
- hatful ,
- heap ,
- hemorrhoid ,
- heptad ,
- herd ,
- heroic ,
- hexangular ,
- high-flown ,
- high-minded ,
- hive up ,
- hoi polloi ,
- holler ,
- hollo ,
- homo ,
- howling ,
- human ,
- human being ,
- human beings ,
- human body ,
- human race ,
- humanity ,
- humankind ,
- humans ,
- humble ,
- hundred thousand ,
- i ,
- idea ,
- idealistic ,
- ideate ,
- ii ,
- iii ,
- image ,
- imagine ,
- imposing ,
- indicate ,
- inferior ,
- infinite ,
- infiniteness ,
- infirm ,
- innkeeper ,
- innumerable ,
- innumerous ,
- inscribe ,
- insinuate ,
- inspired ,
- intimate ,
- ironic ,
- ironical ,
- isle of man ,
- issue ,
- iv ,
- ix ,
- jam ,
- jehovah ,
- jejune ,
- judge ,
- juiceless ,
- keep company ,
- keep down ,
- key ,
- kg ,
- kickoff ,
- kilogram ,
- know as ,
- lacking ,
- lame ,
- lashings ,
- lay away ,
- lean ,
- leash ,
- legion ,
- light ,
- limitlessness ,
- list ,
- little ,
- little phoebe ,
- lofty ,
- long dozen ,
- look ,
- lord ,
- lordly ,
- lot ,
- low ,
- lowly ,
- lush ,
- luxurious ,
- lx ,
- lxx ,
- lxxx ,
- magisterial ,
- make ,
- maker ,
- mankind ,
- many-sided ,
- margin call ,
- mark ,
- marvellous ,
- marvelous ,
- master of ceremonies ,
- matchless ,
- material body ,
- meagerly ,
- meagre ,
- measure ,
- megabucks ,
- megascopic ,
- melt off ,
- mess ,
- mickle ,
- military man ,
- military personnel ,
- millenary ,
- minor ,
- mint ,
- minuscule ,
- miscellaneous ,
- miserable ,
- misfortunate ,
- modest ,
- mound ,
- mountain ,
- muckle ,
- multifaceted ,
- musical octave ,
- musical score ,
- nada ,
- name ,
- nap ,
- nerveless ,
- nil ,
- nine-spot ,
- niner ,
- nix ,
- noble-minded ,
- nobody ,
- nock ,
- nonentity ,
- nonpareil ,
- nothing ,
- null ,
- numberless ,
- numbers game ,
- numbers pool ,
- numbers racket ,
- numeral ,
- numerate ,
- octangular ,
- octette ,
- octonary ,
- offset ,
- often ,
- ogdoad ,
- ohio ,
- omen ,
- one and only ,
- one c ,
- one hundred ,
- one thousand ,
- oodles ,
- opulent ,
- origin ,
- ostracise ,
- ostracize ,
- outcry ,
- outline ,
- outset ,
- pace ,
- pack ,
- pair ,
- palisade ,
- pantie ,
- panty ,
- parade ,
- paries ,
- passel ,
- pathetic ,
- pattern ,
- peanut ,
- peck ,
- peerless ,
- pentad ,
- people ,
- perfect ,
- phoebe ,
- phone ,
- phone call ,
- phone number ,
- physical body ,
- physique ,
- picture ,
- pidlimdi ,
- piece ,
- pile up ,
- piling ,
- pinched ,
- piteous ,
- pitiable ,
- pitiful ,
- plenitude ,
- plenteousness ,
- plentifulness ,
- plentitude ,
- plum tree ,
- plumb ,
- plurality ,
- pocket-size ,
- pocket-sized ,
- point ,
- political party ,
- poor people ,
- porcine ,
- pot ,
- pour ,
- practically ,
- precursor ,
- predecessor ,
- predict ,
- prefigure ,
- presage ,
- primal ,
- princely ,
- prognosis ,
- prognosticate ,
- prohibition ,
- prohibitionist ,
- project ,
- promenade ,
- promise ,
- proscription ,
- providential ,
- public figure ,
- pullulate ,
- pure ,
- push ,
- quadruplet ,
- quartet ,
- quatern ,
- quaternary ,
- quaternion ,
- quaternity ,
- quint ,
- quintet ,
- quintuplet ,
- quite a little ,
- rabble ,
- rack up ,
- raft ,
- rafts ,
- railway yard ,
- railyard ,
- rampart ,
- rank ,
- rarefied ,
- rarified ,
- rattling ,
- receipts ,
- reckon ,
- redbird ,
- reduce ,
- regular army ,
- rely ,
- respective ,
- revenue ,
- rickety ,
- right ,
- ring ,
- roll up ,
- root ,
- rootage ,
- rout ,
- routine ,
- sapless ,
- scores ,
- scotch ,
- scout group ,
- scout troop ,
- scream ,
- scrimpy ,
- secret code ,
- seduce ,
- see ,
- send for ,
- septet ,
- server ,
- serviceman ,
- sestet ,
- seven-fold ,
- seven-spot ,
- sevener ,
- sextet ,
- sextuplet ,
- sexual conquest ,
- shape ,
- sheer ,
- ship's company ,
- short ,
- shout ,
- shout out ,
- showtime ,
- shun ,
- sight ,
- signal ,
- single ,
- sise ,
- six times ,
- six-fold ,
- six-spot ,
- sixer ,
- skeletal ,
- sketch ,
- skid ,
- skimp ,
- skimpy ,
- slenderize ,
- slews ,
- slide ,
- slight ,
- slim ,
- slim down ,
- slip ,
- small-scale ,
- smattering ,
- social unit ,
- society ,
- sodding ,
- soma ,
- song ,
- source ,
- span ,
- spare ,
- spate ,
- spile ,
- squall ,
- squirrel away ,
- stack ,
- stacks ,
- staring ,
- stark ,
- start ,
- starting time ,
- stash ,
- step-in ,
- stilt ,
- stint ,
- stream ,
- sublime ,
- substandard ,
- sumptuous ,
- surround ,
- svelte ,
- swear ,
- swerve ,
- syndicate ,
- tally ,
- teem ,
- teemingness ,
- teetotal ,
- telephone ,
- telephone call ,
- telephone number ,
- ten-spot ,
- tenner ,
- tenuous ,
- tercet ,
- ternary ,
- ternion ,
- terrific ,
- terzetto ,
- tetrad ,
- the great unwashed ,
- thin out ,
- thinly ,
- thorough ,
- thoroughgoing ,
- thou ,
- threesome ,
- throng ,
- tidy sum ,
- tierce ,
- total ,
- tremendous ,
- trend ,
- trey ,
- triad ,
- trine ,
- trinity ,
- trio ,
- triplet ,
- troika ,
- trope ,
- troupe ,
- trumpeter ,
- turn ,
- twenty dollar bill ,
- twoscore ,
- twosome ,
- u. s. army ,
- unadulterated ,
- unboundedness ,
- uncounted ,
- unequal ,
- ungenerous ,
- unimportant ,
- unit of measurement ,
- unitary ,
- united states army ,
- unity ,
- unmatchable ,
- unmatched ,
- unnumberable ,
- unnumbered ,
- unnumerable ,
- unrivaled ,
- unrivalled ,
- us army ,
- usa ,
- utter ,
- valet ,
- various ,
- veer ,
- very much ,
- vi ,
- vii ,
- viii ,
- visit ,
- visualise ,
- visualize ,
- vociferation ,
- voltaic pile ,
- volume ,
- vulgar ,
- wad ,
- wads ,
- wanting ,
- wasted ,
- weak ,
- weakly ,
- whole ,
- wonderful ,
- wondrous ,
- work out ,
- work party ,
- world ,
- wretched ,
- write in code ,
- wry ,
- xc ,
- xi ,
- xii ,
- xiii ,
- xiv ,
- xix ,
- xl ,
- xv ,
- xvi ,
- xvii ,
- xviii ,
- xx ,
- xxx ,
- yamaltu ,
- yell ,
- yoke ,
- zero in ,
- zero point ,
- zilch ,
- zip ,
- zippo .
- 1000000 ,
- 1000000000 ,
- 1000000000000 ,
- Multifold ,
- adumbrate ,
- aeon ,
- army ,
- astronomical number ,
- bald ,
- ban ,
- banzai ,
- beginning ,
- betoken ,
- bevy ,
- billions ,
- bode ,
- bunch ,
- calculate ,
- call ,
- call it ,
- cardinal ,
- chiliad ,
- company ,
- considerable ,
- count on ,
- covey ,
- crowd ,
- deficient ,
- divine ,
- dry ,
- emaciated ,
- envisage ,
- estimate ,
- exiguous ,
- feeble ,
- few ,
- figure ,
- forecast ,
- foreshadow ,
- foretell ,
- gang ,
- googolplex ,
- handful ,
- harbinger ,
- herald ,
- horde ,
- host ,
- inadequate ,
- infinitude ,
- infinity ,
- insignificant ,
- insufficient ,
- lac ,
- large integer ,
- large number ,
- legions ,
- loads ,
- man ,
- many ,
- mass ,
- meager ,
- meg ,
- millennium ,
- milliard ,
- mob ,
- multifarious ,
- multiple ,
- multitude ,
- multitudinous ,
- myriad ,
- number ,
- numbers ,
- numerous ,
- one million million ,
- one thousand million ,
- party ,
- platoon ,
- plum ,
- poor ,
- portend ,
- scant ,
- scanty ,
- several ,
- slender ,
- slew ,
- slue ,
- small ,
- sparse ,
- stingy ,
- swarm ,
- ten thousand ,
- ten thousand years ,
- tera ,
- thin ,
- tons ,
- trillions ,
- troop ,
- yard ,
- zillion .
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How to use "Billion" in context?
A billion is a number with a very large number of zeroes after it. For example, one billion is one thousand billion. The word billion derives from the Greek word for thousand, βίβλο (bivlos).
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Equivalence
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Independent
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Cardinal number
goods, hundred, thousand, payments, volumes, dollars, revenues, 000, products, 000m.
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Noun, singular or mass
percent, BCM.
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Cardinal number
Hyponym for Billion:
n.
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quantity
large integer.
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quantity
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