Synonyms for ton
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Mass — any large, excessive, or overwhelming amount of anything
2. Metric ton — any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun The metric ton of 1000…
metric ton US, megagram, megagramme UK
Other
short ton, long ton, century, buck, imperial system, refrigeration ton, tonelada, tunny dated, pisspot vulgar slang
Definitions
- n. 1
Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun The metric ton of 1000 kilograms (about 2205 lb), 10 quintals of 100 kilograms each.
- n. 2
Any large, excessive, or overwhelming amount of anything.
I've got tons of work to do.
Related words
- Word family
- tonelada
- Phrases
- metric ton bon ton long ton ton of refrigeration refrigeration ton a ton deadweight ton short ton
Forms
- Plural
- tons → shit-tons, masses, tuns, sights…
Example sentences
- sight The girl began to cry at the sight of the big dog.
- century This song comes down to us from the tenth century.
By length
- 3 letters
- tun
- 4 letters
- mass1, buck1
- 5 letters
- sight1, tunny2
- 7 letters
- century3, fuckton, pisspot
- 8 letters
- megagram, tonelada
- 10 letters
- megagramme
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tunny2 = 2 syllables).