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Synonyms for tons

  • noun

Most common

dozens piles heaps

All synonyms

Noun

1. Lots — lots; large quantities or numbers (of people or things)

lots informal, oodles informal, heaps, dozens, piles, stacks slang, scores slang UK

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Lots; large quantities or numbers (of people or things).

    Tons of people attended the game.

Example sentences

  • dozens Dozens of young people attended the demonstration.
  • piles Snow falls silently and piles up ... on top of me.
  • heaps He made heaps of money by ripping off naive suckers.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
tonsfalling
dozensrising
pilessteady
heapsrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
lots1
5 letters
piles1, heaps1
6 letters
scores1, dozens2, stacks1, oodles2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dozens2 = 2 syllables).