jillion
Informal huge number
Jillion is an informal word for an unspecified but very large number: I've told you a jillion times.
Like billion and trillion, it sounds numeric but has no mathematical value—it's pure hyperbole.
Similar invented words include zillion and gazillion.
Very large number
- plethoraExcessive surplus
- myriadExtremely large number
- oodlesInformal term for plenty
- scadsInformal term for plenty
heaps · tons · loads · masses · gobs · slew · hordes · swarm
Indefinitely large number
Numbers in seven figures
- billionsThousands of millions
- trillionsThousands of billions
- quadrillionsQuantities of 10^15
- thousandsMultiple units of 1,000
hundreds · scores · dozens · myriads · quintillions · sextillions · googol · countless
Overstating beyond reality
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- inflationSustained price level increase
dramatization · hyperbolic · overestimation · puffery · stretch · tall tale · whopper · yarn
multitude
Very large number
scads · heaps · tons · loads · masses · gobs · slew · hordes · swarm · legion
umpteen
Indefinitely large number
millions
Numbers in seven figures
- billionsThousands of millions
- trillionsThousands of billions
- quadrillionsQuantities of 10^15
thousands · hundreds · scores · dozens · myriads · quintillions · sextillions · googol · countless · innumerable
exaggeration
Overstating beyond reality
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
inflation · dramatization · hyperbolic · overestimation · puffery · stretch · tall tale · whopper · yarn · rhetorical
- Informal Amountssmidgen, bunch, ton, heap, loads
- large numberstrillion, quadrillion, septillion, octillion, nonillion