ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Gorillion

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Gorillion is a noun meaning (slang, sometimes humorous, hyperbolic) An unspecified large number (of).

Meaning

(slang, sometimes humorous, hyperbolic) An unspecified large number (of).

Example Sentences

I'm impressed you haven't mentioned Muh Holocaust and the 6 Gorillion yet.
While most scholars and experts agree that six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, white supremacists and neo-Nazis often use this fictional number - 6 Gorillion - to suggest that the number is exaggerated.
It’s actually a quadrillion, although it could just as easily be a bazillion, a gorillion, a donkeykongillion or a shakazuluillion, because the number is so large that we really don’t even use it, especially when we’re talking about money.
The sum of one million dollars seems more randomly absurd than unjust, piddling, or anything else you can come up with to describe a punishment for the Fiesta's corruption. It might as well have been one billion, or one gorillion dollars. The sum isn't important.

Word Forms

Synonyms for gorillion

Depending on context, synonyms include babillion, bajillion, bazillion, billion, bizillion, dillion.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include godzillion, bazillion, kabillion, kazillion, bajillion, kajillion.

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