Synonyms of tons

tons 1 of 2

noun (1)

plural of ton

as in loads

a considerable amount

I received a ton of advice on the problem—all of it unsolicited

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loads
• dozens
• lots
• hundreds
• piles
• bunches
• chunks
• quantities
• deals
• slews
• bundles
• stacks
• rafts
• plenties
• wealths
• heaps
• truckloads
• boatloads
• masses
• bushels
• oodles
• myriads
• scads
• gobs
• abundances
• yards
• all kinds (of)
• reams
• buckets
• carloads
• shiploads
• volumes
• barrels
• fistfuls
• wads
• quite a bit
• packs
• mountains
• much
• stores
• pots
• basketfuls
• sights
• sheaves
• pecks
• platefuls
• lashings
• thousands
• multiplicities
• good deals
• messes
• profusions
• potfuls
• scores
• plenitudes
• millions
• plentitudes
• floods
• multitudes
• spates
• passels
• surpluses
• rashes
• plagues
• zillions
• seas
• excesses
• hordes
• trillions
• hosts
• epidemics
• swarms
• overages
• redundancies
• bonanzas
• overmuch
• legions
• superfluities
• embarrassments
• overflows
• throngs
• crowds
• flocks
• plethoras
• armies
• deluges
• gazillions
• surfeits
• overabundances
• bevies
• crushes
• oversupplies
• superabundances
• herds
• presses
• jillions
• mobs
• overkills
• droves
• kazillions
• crams

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ounces
• handfuls
• bits
• shades
• spots
• hints
• grains
• fragments
• tastes
• shadows
• peanuts
• molecules
• particles
• touches
• atoms
• traces
• rays
• strains
• drams
• scraps
• specks
• licks
• mouthfuls
• suspicions
• glimmers
• mites
• streaks
• scruples
• sprinkles
• granules
• dots
• aces
• flecks
• pinches
• shreds
• nips
• dabs
• pieces
• sections
• crumbs
• motes
• little
• smidgens
• sprinklings
• pittances
• portions
• drops
• shots
• driblets
• dashes
• lacks
• iotas
• morsels
• smatterings
• shortages
• nubbins
• tittles
• scintillas
• whits
• modicums
• flyspecks
• jots
• wants
• smatters
• deficiencies
• absences
• deficits
• scarcities
• famines
• inadequacies
• insufficiencies
• dearths
• paucities
• undersupplies
• poverties

tons

2 of 2

noun (2)

plural of ton

as in trends

a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time

granite countertops became all the ton in kitchen decor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trends
• rages
• styles
• crazes
• enthusiasms
• vogues
• modes
• flavors
• last words
• fashions
• buzzes
• fads
• chics
• sensations
• hot tickets
• passions
• dernier cris
• crushes
• new waves
• novelties
• movements
• fervors
• nine days' wonders
• furors
• infatuations
• cults
• wrinkles
• crusades
• fusses
• to-dos
• caprices
• bandwagons
• whims
• hullabaloos
• uproars
• fancies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• standards
• classics

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tons

Noun

The country plans to expand LNG capacity from 77 million tons per year to 142 million by 2030, and duplicating that infrastructure isn’t feasible. — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Every year, more than 350 million tons of PET plastic waste are generated globally. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026

The country also exported more than 28 tons of gold that year, the group said. — ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile, Global Carbon Budget estimated a couple of years ago that for 2025, CO2 emissions from fossil fuel use would surpass 42 billion tons in the atmosphere worldwide. — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2026

In effect, thousands of tons of materials that were never intended to be inhaled were crushed, burned, aerosolized and deposited across a densely populated urban area. — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026

What Jay is willing to share can be illuminating, and there are tons of small details to feed even the most casual of fans. — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026

But building anything substantial on would still require shipping tons of materials from Earth, Qiu estimates. — Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2026

For years, Microsoft and OpenAI have fought to keep certain information out of the public eye in their fight with news organizations that have accused the AI firms of teaming up to violate copyright laws by stealing tons of news content to train AI. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2026