Antonyms for million
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : mil-yuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɪl yən |
Definition of million
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French million (late 13c.), from Italian millione (now milione), literally "a great thousand," augmentative of mille "thousand," from Latin mille, which is of uncertain origin. Used mainly by mathematicians until 16c. India, with its love of large numbers, had names before 3c. for numbers well beyond a billion. The ancient Greeks had no name for a number greater than ten thousand, the Romans for none higher than a hundred thousand. "A million" in Latin would have been decies centena milia, literally "ten hundred thousand." Million to one as a type of "long odds" is attested from 1761. Related: Millions.
- noun heap
- I told Coplen to offer her a million cash for everything rather'n have any fuss.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Losing a million a minute, even in sleep, he thought, was disquieting.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- At least, I do not care about so much as he has,—more than a million dollars, only think!
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Now say, 'Emma, you are one in a million, and a cook besides.'
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- It is computed that the expense would not exceed a million and a half sterling.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- If I loved you before--don't you think I love you now a million times more?
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- "I don't see any easier way to get half a million," he said aggressively.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- It seemed a million years to the wife that she waited for the doctor's outcoming.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- She'll be finding microbes by the million in this old shack.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- So another million was showered down upon the country in a rain of gold.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
Synonyms for million
- a lot
- abundance
- agglomeration
- aggregation
- amassment
- assemblage
- bank
- batch
- bulk
- bunch
- bundle
- cargo
- clump
- cluster
- collection
- concentration
- congeries
- deposit
- fullness
- gathering
- gobs
- great deal
- harvest
- haul
- hill
- hoard
- jillion
- jumble
- load
- lot
- lots
- lump
- mass
- mint
- mound
- mountain
- much
- multiplicity
- ocean
- oodles
- plenty
- pot
- profusion
- quantity
- ream
- scad
- stack
- stock
- stockpile
- store
- sum
- thousand
- ton
- total
- trillion
- volume
- whole
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