milliards

European billion count

Milliards is the plural of milliard, a term used in British English and other European languages for one thousand million (1,000,000,000)—what Americans call a billion.

The word has largely fallen out of use in Britain, where billion now dominates, but remains current in some European contexts: The project cost several milliards of euros.

quantity

billions

Thousands of millions

trillionsThousands of billions
thousandsMultiple units of 1,000
millionsNumbers in seven figures

figures · sums · amounts · numbers · units · tens · hundreds · lakhs · quantities

finance

currency

Medium of exchange

eurosShared continental currency units
dollarsUS monetary units
poundsMass measurement units

francs · wealth · fortune · assets · funds · treasury · capital · investment · budget · debt

hyperbole

exaggeration

Overstating beyond reality

overstatementClaim beyond the facts
embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
amplificationIncrease in intensity

dramatization · inflation · countless · innumerable · uncountable · incalculable · astronomical · staggering · unfathomable

scale

immense

Extremely large in scope

enormousExtremely large in scale
vastExtremely great in size
colossalExtremely large in scale

massive · tremendous · astronomical · staggering · mind-boggling · overwhelming · incomprehensible · unimaginable

Opposites

quantity/scale

milliardsnothing

Not any thing

zero · nil · naught · none · pennies

wealth/resources

milliardspoverty

Severe lack of resources

destitution · penury · lack · need · want

quantity/magnitude

milliardsnothing

Not any thing

zero · none · nil · a few · handful

Family

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G