Billions

Astronomical numerical amounts

Billions is a large but indefinite quantity—so many that precise counting becomes impractical or irrelevant: Billions of stars fill the galaxy, They've spent billions on defense.

The word often emphasizes scale rather than literal count: I've told you billions of times.

In numerical terms, a billion is a thousand million (1,000,000,000), though historically British usage meant a million million.

quantity

trillions

Thousands of billions

innumerable · astronomical · vast · enormous · staggering · unprecedented · unfathomable · incalculable · mind-boggling · massive

finance

dollars

US monetary units

capital · investment · valuation · portfolio · hedge fund · Wall Street · mogul · tycoon · bailout · deficit

cosmic

stars

Luminous celestial bodies

planets · celestial · astronomical · cosmos · solar systems · nebulae · particles · atoms · molecules · eons

television

Axelrod

power · corruption · rivalry · drama · Paul Giamatti · Wall Street · ruthless · ambition · insider trading · prosecution

population

people

Humans as a group

lives · global · world · planet · mouths · citizens · masses · humanity · demographic · census

Categories
Opposites
numerical magnitude

Billionshandful

Amount a palm holds

zero · ones · one · none · hundreds

abundance vs. scarcity

Billionspittance

Insultingly small payment

next to nothing · nothing · scarcity · paucity · dearth

precision vs. vagueness

Billionsenumerable

Capable of being counted

Phrases
Family

billion, billionaire, billionaires, billionth, billionths, billionfold

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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