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zillion

noun

Definition of zillionnext
as in thousands

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Recent Examples of zillion In a world of a million water options—sparkling, flavored, and about a zillion combinations of the two—my husband and I have a special place in our hearts (and our refrigerator) for coconut water. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 9 May 2026 Tom Brady, making a zillion from Fox while co-owning the Raiders, same thing. — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026 There was a time when a movie like this would have made a zillion dollars at the box office. — Entertainment Weekly, 10 Mar. 2026 Eilish is a big Grammy favorite, with a zillion trophies already on her shelf, but — come on — enough is enough. — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for zillion
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zillion
  1. million
  2. gazillion
  3. jillion
  4. kazillion
  5. bevy
  6. multitude
Noun
  • Most winners aren't used to handling millions of dollars, let alone the crush of publicity that comes with a Powerball jackpot.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 28 June 2026
  • Across the country, 12 million parents have some college and no degree, and millions more are enrolled in job training programs without access to reliable child care.
    — Enyi Okebugwu, Fortune, 28 June 2026
Definition of million
Noun
  • Isaacson’s 2023 book left a lot of reviewers cold with its lack of criticism but still sold a gazillion copies.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Probably off filming one of her gazillion movies coming out this year.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of gazillion
Noun
  • The Nets will have full Bird rights on him in addition to their jillions in cap space.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 17 June 2025
  • But my mom loved these showy trees with the colorful crepe-papery flowers, as did my grandmother, and about a billion-jillion other SoCal residents who have planted them in yards, around businesses and along many city streets.
    — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of jillion
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  • After what felt like a million kazillion years of waiting, the live-action leads of Aladdin were finally announced last weekend.
    — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 17 July 2017
Definition of kazillion
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  • Sepideh Moafi Sepideh Moafi turned to Lebanese designer Georges Hobeika for her attire, sporting a dusty gold gown with a bevy of shimmering embellishments all over the bodice and semi-sheer flowing skirt.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2026
  • In doing so, the sketch also delivered a bevy of Easter eggs, which Emmy producers Jesse Collins and Jeannae Rouzan-Clay confirmed are, in fact, real.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of bevy
Noun
  • Jones is, as she’s proven throughout her career, immensely adept at capturing a multitude of personae with quick shifts of posture, timbre, and accent, though in this case, a sameness comes with recounting so much recent political conversation.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Another from a user named EDSHRANCOMPLICIT featured a video of a man demonstrating a multitude of ways to give the camera the middle finger.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of multitude

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“Zillion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zillion. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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