gazillion

American  

[guh-zil-yuhn] / gəˈzɪl yən /

noun

Informal.

1. an extremely large, indeterminate number.

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gazillion British  

/ ɡəˈzɪljən /

noun

1. (often pl) an extremely large but unspecified number, quantity, or amount

   gazillions of people turned up

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determiner

1. 1. amounting to a gazillion

      a gazillion types to choose from

   2. ( as pronoun )

      I found a gazillion under the sink

Etymology

Origin of gazillion

First recorded in 1915–20; ga-, variant of ka- + zillion

Example Sentences

It raised a toast to the crazy ones, told everyone to think different, sold billions of phones, banked trillions of dollars and filled our drawers with a gazillion white cables.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

But if you’re like me, you dread the prospect of trying to find a good deal on a TV, particularly as you also make sense of the 18 gazillion models available.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026

Nowadays, a gazillion podcasts sell powders and capsules promising to optimize your pump.

From Salon • Aug. 24, 2025

“Modern ants use those sensilla for a gazillion other things,” says Daniel Kronauer, a myrmecologist at Rockefeller University who was not involved in the study.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 13, 2024

It had to be worth like a gazillion dollars.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan