million
noun
mil·lion ˈmi(l)-yən 
plural millions or million
1
: a number equal to 1,000 times 1,000 see Table of Numbers
2
: a very large number
millions of cars on the road
3
: the mass of common people —used with the
million adjective
millionfold
ˈmi(l)-yən-ˌfōld
adverb or adjective millionth
ˈmi(l)-yən(t)th
adjective or noun 
Synonyms
- commoners
- commons
- crowd
- herd
- hoi polloi
- mass
- mob
- multitude
- people
- plebeians
- plebs
- populace
- public
- rank and file
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Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web They were built by the millions, so despite their appeal, a plentiful supply keeps prices reasonable. —
Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 6 June 2020 Conversely, with lockdowns of months, if not years, life largely stops, short-term and long-term consequences are entirely unknown, and billions, not just millions, of lives may be eventually at stake. —John P.a. Ioannidis, STAT, 17 Mar. 2020 The plan was to create archives of all human knowledge that could last for millions, if not billions, of years, and to seed them across Earth and throughout the solar system. —Daniel Oberhaus, WIRED, 5 Aug. 2019 On Thursday, the S&P 500 fell 0.9% after millions more Americans applied for unemployment benefits in April, darkening the mood after a relatively strong April. —Jessica Menton, USA TODAY, 1 May 2020 That doesn’t count the hundreds of millions of vaccinations administered annually. —Scott W. Atlas And H.r. Mcmaster, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2020 Such measures are a step forward, but fall short of covering the tens of millions of unemployed workers. —Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2020 McMaster's order comes after millions of other Americans are under orders from their local authorities to stay at home as part of an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus as the world fights the pandemic. —NBC News, 2 Apr. 2020 The situations with millions of nights already booked in hotels is extremely difficult to handle, and the international sports calendar for at least 33 Olympic sports would have to be adapted. —Tariq Panja, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2020 See More
Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 6 June 2020 Conversely, with lockdowns of months, if not years, life largely stops, short-term and long-term consequences are entirely unknown, and billions, not just millions, of lives may be eventually at stake. —John P.a. Ioannidis, STAT, 17 Mar. 2020 The plan was to create archives of all human knowledge that could last for millions, if not billions, of years, and to seed them across Earth and throughout the solar system. —Daniel Oberhaus, WIRED, 5 Aug. 2019 On Thursday, the S&P 500 fell 0.9% after millions more Americans applied for unemployment benefits in April, darkening the mood after a relatively strong April. —Jessica Menton, USA TODAY, 1 May 2020 That doesn’t count the hundreds of millions of vaccinations administered annually. —Scott W. Atlas And H.r. Mcmaster, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2020 Such measures are a step forward, but fall short of covering the tens of millions of unemployed workers. —Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2020 McMaster's order comes after millions of other Americans are under orders from their local authorities to stay at home as part of an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus as the world fights the pandemic. —NBC News, 2 Apr. 2020 The situations with millions of nights already booked in hotels is extremely difficult to handle, and the international sports calendar for at least 33 Olympic sports would have to be adapted. —Tariq Panja, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2020 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English milioun, from Middle French milion, from Old Italian milione, augmentative of mille thousand, from Latin
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing million
Kids Definition
million
noun mil·lion ˈmil-yən
plural millions or million
1
: a number equal to 1,000 times 1,000 see number
2
: a very great number
millions of mosquitoes
million adjective
millionth
-yən(t)th
adjective or noun million
noun
as in trillion
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- trillion
- thousands
- zillion
- gazillion
- jillion
- kazillion
- sea
- multitude
- bevy
- horde
- legion
- cram
- score
- swarm
- flock
- flood
- hundred
- throng
- drove
- army
- crowd
- host
- crush
- press
- dozen
- herd
- surplus
- mob
- excess
- deluge
- ton
- plethora
- overflow
- surfeit
- overabundance
- much
- overage
- bonanza
- myriad
- boatload
- bushel
- overmuch
- overkill
- embarrassment
- loads
- slew
- oversupply
- truckload
- plenty
- plague
- superabundance
- scads
- good deal
- shipload
- oodles
- fistful
- rash
- reams
- quantity
- raft
- chunk
- redundancy
- gobs
- superfluity
- peck
- carload
- barrel
- yard
- epidemic
- bucket
- stack
- basketful
- heap
- pile
- pot
- multiplicity
- abundance
- sheaf
- volume
- plateful
- bunch
- plenitude
- wealth
- profusion
- deal
- spate
- mountain
- bundle
- plentitude
- wad
- pack
- passel
- lot
- lashings
- potful
- store
- sight
- mass
- mess
- lashins
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- handful
- ounce
- spot
- bit
- peanuts
- pittance
- shade
- suspicion
- touch
- taste
- hint
- strain
- grain
- molecule
- trace
- sprinkling
- atom
- shadow
- mouthful
- ray
- dram
- fragment
- particle
- tad
- speck
- glimmer
- mite
- ace
- pinch
- scrap
- sprinkle
- streak
- dot
- nip
- lick
- dab
- whit
- smattering
- mote
- shred
- iota
- portion
- granule
- scruple
- jot
- drop
- modicum
- little
- crumb
- section
- scintilla
- tittle
- smidgeon
- smidgen
- piece
- smidge
- shot
- driblet
- smidgin
- dash
- absence
- morsel
- flyspeck
- fleck
- shortage
- lack
- smatter
- nubbin
- paucity
- deficit
- poverty
- scarcity
- famine
- want
- deficiency
- dearth
- inadequacy
- insufficiency
- scarceness
- undersupply
- meagerness
- scantiness
- scantness
- skimpiness