This box weighs a ton. What's inside?
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Ton
/tʌn/
Synonyms for "ton" (33 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (16)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: a lot, beautiful people, cry, dram, dyne.
- Sentence evidence is available for ton, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from opengloss, derived_reverse, wordnet.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "ton".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "ton"
Keep "ton" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "ton" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "ton", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "ton" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
Translations
84 translations across 69 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- ton noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
- tonelatë noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Arabic
1 entries- طُن noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Armenian
1 entries- տոննա noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- ton noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Belarusian
1 entries- то́на noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Bengali
1 entries- টন noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Bulgarian
1 entries- тон noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Burmese
1 entries- တန် noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 公噸 /公吨 noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
- 噸 /吨 noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Czech
1 entries- tuna noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Danish
1 entries- ton noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Dari
1 entries- تَن noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Dutch
1 entries- ton noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Esperanto
1 entries- tuno noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Estonian
1 entries- tonn noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Faroese
1 entries- tons noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Finnish
4 entries- huntti noun (slang: £100)
- satanen noun (slang: £100)
- satku noun (slang: £100)
- tonni noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
French
1 entries- tonne noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Georgian
1 entries- ტონა noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
German
1 entries- Tonne noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Greek
1 entries- τόνος noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Hebrew
2 entries- טוֹן noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
- טוֹנָה noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Hindi
1 entries- टन noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Hungarian
2 entries- száz font noun (slang: £100)
- tonna noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Icelandic
1 entries- tonn noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Ido
1 entries- tuno noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Indonesian
1 entries- ton noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- تُن noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Italian
1 entries- tonnellata noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Japanese
1 entries- トン noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Kazakh
1 entries- тонна noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Khmer
2 entries- តូន noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
- តោន noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Korean
1 entries- 톤 noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- тонна noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Lao
2 entries- ຕັນ noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
- ໂຕນ noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Latvian
1 entries- tonna noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Lithuanian
1 entries- tona noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Lü
2 entries- ᦎᦷᧃ noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
- ᦎᧃ noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Macedonian
1 entries- тон noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Malay
1 entries- tan noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Mongolian
2 entries- тонн noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
- ᠲ᠋ᠣᠨ noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Norman
1 entries- tonné noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Northern Thai
2 entries- ᨲᩢ᩠ᨶ noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
- ᨲᩰᩫ᩠ᨶ noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- tonn noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Pashto
1 entries- ټن noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Polish
1 entries- tona noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Portuguese
1 entries- tonelada noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Romanian
1 entries- tonă noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Russian
1 entries- то́нна noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- tȍna noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
- то̏на noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Sinhalese
1 entries- ටොන් noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Slovak
1 entries- tona noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Slovene
1 entries- ton noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Spanish
1 entries- tonelada noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Swahili
1 entries- tani noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Swedish
1 entries- ton noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Tagalog
1 entries- tonelada noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Tajik
1 entries- тонна noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Tatar
2 entries- тонн noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
- тонна noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Thai
2 entries- ตัน noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
- โตน noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Turkish
1 entries- ton noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Turkmen
1 entries- tonna noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Ukrainian
1 entries- то́нна noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Urdu
1 entries- ٹَن noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Uyghur
1 entries- توننا noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Uzbek
1 entries- tonna noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tấn noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Yiddish
1 entries- טאַן noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Yoruba
1 entries- tọ́ọ̀nù noun (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
He fell for that old ad for a house like a ton of bricks.
Source: tatoeba (295911)
It looks like a ton of people know her.
Source: tatoeba (507977)
I'm a vegetarian who eats a ton of meat.
Source: tatoeba (549702)
Showing 4 of 22 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "ton"?
Closest matches include a lot, beautiful people, cry, dram, dyne.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "ton"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.