squillion
/ˈskwɪljən/
squillion noun: a very large, unspecified number (of).
Noun
squillion (plural squillions)
- A very large, unspecified number (of).
- The word million was adequate for most things, billion came in handy on occasions, but if you wanted to use a word for a very, very large number, you just had to invent one. Anna invented one: a squillion.1974, Fynn, Mister God, This Is Anna, Ballantine Books (2000), pages 102-103
- You thinks to yourself, ‘There’s a billion, trillion squillion of them, no one’s going to notice.’ But that’s where professionalism comes in, sort of thing.1990, Terry Pratchett, Eric, page 138
squillion meaning in Tamil
squillion in Tamil
- மிகைப்படுத்தப்பட்ட மிகப் பெரிய எண், எத்தனையோ, எக்கச்சக்கமான
Examples of squillion in a sentence
- It'll just take a squillion times longer than the age of the universe to happen.2004 May 7, Xaonon, “Re: Entropy”, in talk.origins (Usenet):
- I just ran the numbers and got 1.7 squillion, myself.2004 May 8, Noelle S. Alito, “Re: Entropy”, in talk.origins (Usenet):
Forms of squillion
| plural | squillions |
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Origin of squillion
See -illion.
Words formed from squillion
Words that rhyme with squillion
- pavilion
- vermilion
- pillion
- billion
- novemdecillion
- quintillion
- trillion
- Brazilian
- Castilian
- centillion
- decillion
- duodecillion
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- duovigintillion
- million
- nonillion
- octillion
- octodecillion
- quadrillion
- quattuordecillion
- quattuorvigintillion
- quindecillion
- septendecillion
- septillion
- sexdecillion
- sextillion
- tredecillion
- trevigintillion
- trigintillion
- undecillion
- unvigintillion
- duotrigintillion
- gazillion
- gillian
- gillion
- godzillion
- gorillion
- Jillian
- jillion
- Kabylian
- Luxulyan
- mandilion
- mandylion
- Maximilian
- millillion
- millinillion
- novemtrigintillion
- novemvigintillion
- octogintillion
- octotrigintillion
- octovigintillion
- quadragintillion
- quattuortrigintillion
- quinquagintillion
- quinvigintillion
- septentrigintillion
- septenvigintillion
- sextrigintillion
- sexvigintillion
- untrigintillion
- vigintillion
Questions about squillion
- What does squillion mean?
- Squillion means a very large, unspecified number (of).
- What is squillion in Tamil?
- Squillion in Tamil is மிகைப்படுத்தப்பட்ட மிகப் பெரிய எண், எத்தனையோ, எக்கச்சக்கமான. See Squillion meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use squillion in a sentence?
- It'll just take a squillion times longer than the age of the universe to happen.
- What part of speech is squillion?
- Squillion is a noun.
- How do you pronounce squillion?
- Squillion is pronounced /ˈskwɪljən/.
- What is the plural of squillion?
- The plural of squillion is squillions.
Words near squillion in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: squillion (page history and authors); squillion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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