billions

Nine zeros, plural

Billions is the plural of billion, a quantity of one thousand million (1,000,000,000).

The word often indicates an imprecisely large number: The universe contains billions of stars.

Billions of dollars in aid suggests vast sums without exact accounting.

As a count, billions means multiple units of a billion: The company is worth several billions.

scale

trillions

Thousands of billions

magnitude · exponential · quantify · countless · innumerable · myriad · multitude · incalculable · staggering · unfathomable

cosmos

stars

Luminous celestial bodies

lightyears · solar systems · exoplanets · nebulae · cosmic · universe · astronomical · astrophysics · observable universe · Milky Way

wealth

tycoon

Dominant industrial leader

affluence · riches · capital · assets · investments · philanthropy · endowments · inheritance · estate · funds

population

masses

Bulk or populace

inhabitants · citizens · consumers · users · demographics · census · overpopulation · migration · urbanization · workforce

data

bytes

Units of digital storage

records · transactions · queries · datasets · data points · pixels · calculations · operations · clicks · downloads

Categories
Opposites
quantity/magnitude

billionsone

Lowest positive integer

zero · none · few · handful · couple

abundance/scarcity

billionslack

Deficiency or absence

scarcity · nothing · dearth · paucity · shortage

Phrases
Family

billion, billionaire, billionth, billionaires

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G