gazillion

noun

ga·​zil·​lion gə-ˈzil-yən 

plural gazillions

informal

: a huge, unspecified number : zillion

According to William Miller, Jr., VMD, a professor of dermatology at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine, there are "gazillions" of different types of fungi existing in nature, including molds, yeasts, mildews and so forth.

—Tom Ewing

… the seemingly gazillions of options available to us compared to our parents' generation.

—Michele Bender

—often used with another noun

With just over a gazillion pages on the Web, navigating the far reaches of cyberspace without a search engine is nearly impossible.

—Angela Hickman et al.

gazillionth

gə-ˈzil-yən(t)th 

adjective

… my friend Kathy and I are going to see Def Leppard on Monday night in Cincinnati for the gazillionth time.

—Nancy Wilson

Examples of gazillion in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

What faster way to rope in a gazillion followers than to sneak into your home studio, turn on the cameras and leak the sure cure for male baldness? —Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2025

The gazillion dollar question is what the administration intends to do with it. —Kelly Evans, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025

Instead, Barkley again ran roughshod over the porous Rams defense for another gazillion. —Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025

About a gazillion Deadpool variants from different universes. —Ew Staff, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024

Word History

Etymology

alteration of zillion

First Known Use

1977, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for gazillion

• castilian
• civilian
• cotillion
• pavilion
• postilion
• quadrillion
• reptilian
• vermilion
• vermillion
• billion
• million
• pillion

Kids Definition

gazillion

noun

ga·​zil·​lion gə-ˈzil-yən 

informal

: zillion