Noun: zillion zil-yun [N. Amer], zi-lee-un [Brit]
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- A very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
"there were zillions of flies";
- million [informal], billion [informal], trillion [informal], jillion [N. Amer, informal], gazillion [informal], bazillion [N. Amer, informal], bajillion [informal], squillion [informal]
Usage: informal
- Very large indeterminate number
"a zillion people were there";
- gazillion [informal], bajillion [informal], squillion [informal], bazillion [N. Amer, informal]
Derived forms: zillions
See also: cardinal
Type of: large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity
Encyclopedia: Zillion