trillions

Beyond billions, numerically

Trillions is the plural of trillion, a number with twelve zeros (1,000,000,000,000) in American usage or eighteen zeros in traditional British usage.

The plural typically emphasizes vast quantities, often in contexts of government spending, national debt, or astronomical distances: The universe contains trillions of stars.

Trillions of dollars in debt.

quantity

billions

Thousands of millions

zillions · gazillions · countless · innumerable · numberless · uncountable · myriad · multitude · astronomical · incalculable

astronomy

galaxies

Gravitationally bound stellar assemblies

  • starsLuminous celestial bodies
  • universeComplete system or domain
  • cosmosOrderly totality of existence

light-years · nebulae · quasars · particles · atoms · molecules · celestial bodies · exoplanets · cosmic dust · neutrinos

economy

dollars

US monetary units

  • deficitAmount still owed
  • debtMoney owed another
  • GDPNational output abbreviation

budget · stimulus · spending · bailout · fiscal · national debt · government spending · federal budget · tax revenue · monetary policy

computing

calculations

Mathematical problem-solving work

computations · transistors · connections · parameters · pixels · instructions · queries · records · iterations

hyperbole

times

Occurrences or multiplications

pieces · problems · questions · excuses · possibilities · options · ideas · thoughts · moments · memories

wealth

dollars

US monetary units

inheritance · capital · market value · portfolio · endowment · estate · holdings · valuation · stock options

Categories
Opposites
numerical magnitude

trillionszero

Numerical absence of quantity

none · nothing · one · a few · a handful

abundance vs scarcity

trillionsnothing

Not any thing

zero · none · scarcity · paucity · dearth

Family

trillion, trillionth, multitrillion, trillionths

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G