Word BILLION: meanings, synonyms & antonyms

billion

🇺🇸 [ˈbɪljən]

Meanings

A large number equal to one thousand million (1,000,000,000). It is often used to express very large quantities, especially in finance or population figures.

Examples

• The company made a profit of over a billion dollars last year.
• The population of the country exceeded a billion people.
• There are billions of stars in the galaxy.

Synonyms

one thousand million • 10^9

Antonyms

million • thousand