Meanings
plural zillions
- excessiveslangAn unspecified large number (of).
Low Man: 'Thanks again, Woody. I'll see you next time the world needs saving.' / Woody: 'Pfft, yeah. Only if we sell a zillion units!'
1995, Sega Multimedia Studio, Wild Woody, Sega, scene: ending1 more example
"We are certainly not blaming lower socioeconomic families for not talking to their kids - there are probably a zillion reasons why that happens."
2008 December 6, “Brain tests show child wealth gap”, in BBC NewsSynonyms: babillion, bajillion, bazillion, billion, bizillion, dillion, fafillion, fucktillion
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn unspecified large number (of).
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivevery large indeterminate number
nouna very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
See -illion. An arbitrary coinage, appearing by 1916, on analogy of million, billion, trillion.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch ton, ziljoen
- tonunspecified large number
- ziljoenunspecified large number
Esperanto umiliono
- umilionounspecified large number
Finnish tsiljoona
- tsiljoonaunspecified large number
French trouzillion
- trouzillionunspecified large number
Greek μιλιούνια
- μιλιούνια (milioúnia)unspecified large number
Hebrew מָלַאנְתַּלָּפִים
- מָלַאנְתַּלָּפִים (malantalafim)unspecified large number
Hungarian csillió
- csillióunspecified large number
Icelandic skrilljón
- skrilljónunspecified large number
Italian fantastilione, millemila
- fantastilioneunspecified large number
- millemilaunspecified large number
Korean 골백
- 골백 (golbaek)unspecified large number
Norwegian Bokmål ørten, fantasillion
- ørtenunspecified large number
- fantasillionunspecified large number
- zillionunspecified large number
Persian شونصد
- شونصد (šunsad)unspecified large number
Polish zylion, pierdyliard
- zylionunspecified large number
- pierdyliardunspecified large number
Portuguese zilhão, zilião
- zilhãounspecified large number
- ziliãounspecified large number
Russian охрениллион
- охрениллион (okhrenillion)unspecified large number
Spanish chorrocientos, chorromil
- chorrocientosunspecified large number
- chorromilunspecified large number
- cuchucientosunspecified large number
- cuchumilunspecified large number
- quichicientasunspecified large number
- sepetecientosunspecified large number
- sopotocientosunspecified large number
- tropecientosunspecified large number
- chiquicientasunspecified large number
- chorroscientos (Mesoamerica)unspecified large number
Swedish ziljon, fantasiljon
- ziljonunspecified large number
- fantasiljonunspecified large number
Turkish zilyon, zibilyon
- zilyonunspecified large number
- zibilyonunspecified large number
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with zillion
Cite this entry
zillion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zillion
“zillion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zillion. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zillion,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zillion.
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