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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: very large indeterminate number; "a zillion people were there" n
1: a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); "there were millions of flies" [syn: million, billion, trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillion]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: z + -illion (as in million) Date: 1934 an indeterminately large number <zillions of mosquitoes> • zillionth adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. colloq. an indefinite large number. Derivatives: zillionth adj. & n. Etymology: Z (perh. = unknown quantity) + MILLION

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(zillions) If you talk about a zillion people or things, you are emphasizing that there is an extremely large number of them. (INFORMAL) It's been a zillion years since I've seen her. NUM [emphasis]

Moby Thesaurus

a billion, a crore, a lakh, a million, a myriad, a nonillion, a quadrillion, a thousand, a zillion, astronomical number, billion, considerable, decillion, duodecillion, ever so many, full many, googol, googolplex, heaped-up, infinitude, infinity, jillion, large number, many, million, multifarious, multifold, multiple, multitudinal, multitudinous, myriad, no few, nonillion, not a few, novemdecillion, numerous, octillion, octodecillion, quadrillion, quattuordecillion, quindecillion, quintillion, quite some, septillion, sexdecillion, sextillion, thousand, tredecillion, trillion, undecillion, very many, vigintillion