gajillion
Made-up huge number
Gajillion is a made-up number meaning an impossibly large quantity, used for humorous or emphatic effect: I've told you a gajillion times.
Like bajillion, bazillion, and zillion, it plays on the sound of actual large numbers (million, billion, trillion) while signaling deliberate exaggeration rather than any real count.
Large quantities, informally
- loadsLarge quantities
- heapsLarge informal quantities
- oodlesInformal term for plenty
- scadsInformal term for plenty
slew · boatload · truckload · bucketload · plethora · multitude · myriad · profusion
Exaggerated infinite quantity
- trillionTen to the twelfth
- kazillionExaggerated infinite quantity
- squillionFictitious huge number
- umpteenIndefinitely large number
countless · innumerable · uncountable · astronomical · incalculable · immeasurable · unfathomable · infinite
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
- absurdityWildly illogical quality
- comedicRelating to humor
cartoonish · ridiculous · outlandish · over-the-top · tongue-in-cheek · playful · whimsical · silly
tons
Large quantities, informally
scads · slew · boatload · truckload · bucketload · plethora · multitude · myriad · profusion · avalanche
bazillion
Exaggerated infinite quantity
umpteen · countless · innumerable · uncountable · astronomical · incalculable · immeasurable · unfathomable · infinite · endless
hyperbole
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
- absurdityWildly illogical quality
comedic · cartoonish · ridiculous · outlandish · over-the-top · tongue-in-cheek · playful · whimsical · silly · nonsensical