Billion

//ˈbɪljən//

Synonyms for "billion" (52 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (11)

milliard a billion a crore a lakh a million a myriad a nonillion a quadrillion a thousand

Noun(2 words)

1000000000 1000000000000

Strong matches (15)

a zillion astronomical number cardinal considerable googol googolplex infinitude infinity

Noun(6 words)

bazillion bijillion brazillion gazillion gorillion jabillion

Numeral(1 words)

gazillion

Related words (26)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

9 relation types

More general

3 entries

large indefinite amount large indefinite quantity large integer

Synonyms

3 entries

milliard millions thousand million

Related terms

11 entries

Previous: milliard. Next billiard.Previous: million. Next trillion.coined after the series million coined at same time gazillion giga illion quadrillion same origin trillion zillion

coordinate

8 entries

milliard million quadrillion quintillion sextillion thousand thousand million trillion

derived

12 entries

Barbillion Boring Billion billion laughs billion-dollar grass billion-dollar question billionaire centibillion golden billion megabillion multi-billion multibillion multibillions

has context

8 entries

british australian hyperbole long scale modern british australian short scale united kingdom united states us

is a

1 entries

large integer

related to

5 entries

giga milliard million thousand trillion

similar

2 entries

cardinal

Translations

185 translations across 112 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

miljard num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Albanian

2 entries

miliard num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
miliardë num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Arabic

1 entries

مِلْيَار num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Armenian

4 entries

երկիլիոն num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)
հազար միլիոն num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
միլիառ num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
միլիարդ num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

milyard num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Basque

3 entries

bilioi num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)
mila milioi num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
miliar num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Belarusian

1 entries

мілья́рд num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Bengali

1 entries

বিলিয়ন num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Breton

1 entries

miliard num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Bulgarian

1 entries

милиа́рд num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Burmese

2 entries

ပကောဋိ num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
ဘီလီယံ num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Catalan

4 entries

bilió num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)
mil milions num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
mil milió num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
miliard num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Cebuano

2 entries

bilyon num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
wakat num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Chichewa

1 entries

biliyoni num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Chinese

1 entries

十億 /十亿 num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

十億 /十亿 num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

兆 num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)
十億 /十亿 num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
萬億 /万亿 num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

milliard num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Czech

2 entries

bilión num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)
miliarda num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Danish

2 entries

billion num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)
milliard num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Dutch

2 entries

biljoen num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)
miljard num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

East Frisian Low Saxon

1 entries

miljâard num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Esperanto

2 entries

duiliono num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)
miliardo num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Estonian

1 entries

miljard num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Faroese

2 entries

billión num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)
milliard num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Fijian

1 entries

bilioni num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Finnish

3 entries

biljoona num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)
miljardi num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
miljardi num ((plural) a very large number)

French

4 entries

billion num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
billion num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)
mille milliards num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
milliard num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Galician

1 entries

mil millóns num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Georgian

1 entries

მილიარდი num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

German

2 entries

Billion num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)
Milliarde num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Greek

2 entries

δισεκατομμύριο num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
τρισεκατομμύριο num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)

Hausa

1 entries

biliyan num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Hawaiian

1 entries

piliona num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Hebrew

1 entries

מִילְיַארְד num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Hindi

3 entries

अब्ज num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
अरब num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
अर्बुद num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Hungarian

2 entries

ezermillió num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
milliárd num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Icelandic

1 entries

milljarða num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Ido

1 entries

miliardo num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Indonesian

1 entries

miliar num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Interlingua

1 entries

milliardo num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Irish

1 entries

billiún num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Italian

2 entries

bilione num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)
miliardo num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Japanese

2 entries

兆 num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)
十億 num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Javanese

1 entries

ꦒꦸꦭ꧀ꦩ num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Kalmyk

1 entries

тербум num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Kazakh

1 entries

миллиард num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Khmer

2 entries

ពាន់លាន num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
រយកោដិ num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Korean

2 entries

십억 num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
조 num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

миллиард num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
чоку num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Ladino

1 entries

milyarda num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Lao

2 entries

ຕື້ num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
ພັນລ້ານ num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Latin

1 entries

milliardum num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Latvian

1 entries

miljards num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Lithuanian

1 entries

milijardas num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Milliard num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Macedonian

1 entries

милија́рда num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Malay

4 entries

bilion num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
miliar num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
ribu juta num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
seribu juta num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Malayalam

4 entries

അറബ് num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
നൂറ് കോടി num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
ബില്ല്യൺ num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
ശതകോടി num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Maltese

2 entries

biljun num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
miljard num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Manchu

2 entries

ᠰᠠᠵᠠ num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)
ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠪᡠᠨᠠᡳ num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Marathi

1 entries

अब्ज num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Mongolian

1 entries

тэрбум num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Māori

2 entries

piriona num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
piriona num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)

Navajo

1 entries

binyóón num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Nepali

2 entries

अरब१ num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
अर्बुद num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Niuean

1 entries

piliona num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

North Frisian

1 entries

Miljārd num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

milyar num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

milliard num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

milliard num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Occitan

1 entries

miliard num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries

тьма тьмъ num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Persian

3 entries

بیلیون num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
تریلیون num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)
میلیارد num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Polish

3 entries

bilion num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)
bilion num ((plural) a very large number)
miliard num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Portuguese

4 entries

bilhão num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
bilião num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)
bilião num ((plural) a very large number)
mil milhões num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Quechua

1 entries

lluna num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Romanian

2 entries

bilion num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)
miliard num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Romansch

2 entries

milliard num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
milliarda num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Russian

3 entries

биллио́н num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
миллиа́рд num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
триллио́н num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)

Samoan

1 entries

piliona num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Sanskrit

3 entries

अब्ज num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
अर्बुद num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
महापद्म num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

billean num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

milijarda num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
милијарда num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Shona

1 entries

bhiriyoni num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Sicilian

2 entries

miliardu num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
triliuni num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)

Slovak

2 entries

bilión num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)
miliarda num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Slovene

1 entries

milijarda num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Somali

1 entries

bilyan num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Spanish

3 entries

billón num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)
mil millones num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
millardo num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Sundanese

1 entries

milyar num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Swahili

1 entries

bilioni num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Swedish

2 entries

biljon num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)
miljard num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Tagalog

4 entries

bilyon num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
gatos num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
libong-angaw num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
sanggatos num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Tajik

1 entries

миллиард num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Tamil

1 entries

நூறுகோடி num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Tatar

1 entries

миллиард num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Thai

1 entries

พันล้าน num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Tongan

1 entries

piliona num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Turkish

2 entries

milyar num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
trilyon num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)

Turkmen

1 entries

milliard num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Ukrainian

1 entries

мілья́рд num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Urdu

2 entries

ارب num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
مِلْیُن num (a million million; 1,000,000,000,000 — see also trillion)

Uyghur

1 entries

مىليارد num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Uzbek

1 entries

milliard num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Vietnamese

3 entries

một tỉ num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
tỉ num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)
tỷ num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Welsh

1 entries

biliwn num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

West-Frisian

1 entries

miljard num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Xhosa

1 entries

ibhiliyoni num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Yiddish

1 entries

מיליאַרד num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Yup'ik

1 entries

tiissitsaaq miilicaaq num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Zulu

1 entries

ibhiliyoni num (a thousand million (1,000,000,000); a milliard)

Sample sentences

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The generous dentist contributed some two billion yen to charity.

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The plan announced Tuesday calls for $54 billion in tax cuts.

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The charity is named after a man who gave away some two billion yen.

Source: tatoeba (47037)

The company suffered a loss of one billion yen last year.

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