zillion

Other forms of zillion

plural

zillions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about zillion

What does zillion mean?

zillion means "a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in zillion?

zillion has 2 syllables: zil-lion. The stress falls on "zil". In IPA it is /ˈzɪljən/.

What is another word for zillion?

Close synonyms include million, billion, trillion, jillion, gazillion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is zillion a common word?

zillion is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with zillion?

1 word rhymes with zillion. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.