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TONS: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for TONS?

Need another word that means the same as “tons”? Find 14 synonyms and 30 related words for “tons” in this overview.

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Tons as a Noun
Definitions of "Tons" as a noun
Synonyms of "Tons" as a noun (14 Words)
Associations of "Tons" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Tons” are: dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, wads

Tons as a Noun

Definitions of "Tons" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “tons” as a noun can have the following definitions:

A United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds.
A British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds.
A large number or amount.

Synonyms of "Tons" as a noun (14 Words)

dozens	A large number or amount.
gobs	A large number or amount.
heaps	A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
lashings	A copious amount of something, especially food or drink. Chocolate cake with lashings* of cream.*
loads	Electrical device to which electrical power is delivered.
lots	A large number or amount or extent. Made lots* of new friends.*
oodles	A very great number or amount of something. If only I had oodles* of cash.*
piles	Battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta.
rafts	A large number or amount.
scads	A large number or quantity. They raised scads* of children.*
scores	A number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student’s performance.
slews	A large number or amount or extent.
stacks	A storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO. She amassed stacks* of newspapers.*
wads	A wad of something chewable as tobacco.

Associations of "Tons" (30 Words)

abundance	Plentifulness of the good things of life; prosperity. An age of abundance.
accumulate	Get or gather together. The toxin accumulated in their bodies.
agglomeration	A mass or collection of things; an assemblage. The arts centre is an agglomeration* of theatres galleries shops restaurants and bars.*
amass	Gather together in a crowd or group. The soldiers were amassing from all parts of Spain.
armful	A large quantity. Most of us will end up with armfuls of stuff we do not need.
bale	Make into a bale. The straw is left on the field to be baled later.
bounty	Generosity. For millennia the people along the Nile have depended entirely on its bounty.
bundle	Make into a bundle. A thick bundle* of envelopes.*
caisson	Large watertight chamber used for construction under water.
cluster	Form a cluster or clusters. Noble metal clusters supported on an acidic carrier.
countless	Too many to be counted; very many. She d apologized countless* times before.*
gram	A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
heap	Form a heap. She heaped logs on the fire.
inch	As a unit of map scale so many inches representing one mile on the ground. Eighteen inches of thread.
liter	A metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints.
load	Place a load or large quantity of something on or in a vehicle ship container etc. They go to Calais to load* up their vans with cheap beer.*
lot	The choice resulting from deciding something by lot. He will need a second lot* of tills to handle the second currency.*
many	A quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as’ or `too’ or `so’ or `that’; amounting to a large but indefinite number. A good many.
metric	Relating to or denoting a metric. It s easier to work in metric.
ounce	A unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound. Robyn summoned up every ounce* of strength.*
pack	A quantity of fish fruit or other foods packed or canned in a particular season. A pack* of cigarettes.*
pile	Place or lay as if in a pile. The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested.
plurality	The number by which plurality exceeds the number of votes cast for the candidate placed second. A plurality* of critical approaches.*
pound	A symbol for a unit of currency especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain. Unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound.
ream	Enlarge with a reamer. He wrote reams and reams.
sheaf	A bundle of grain stalks laid lengthways and tied together after reaping. The corn and barley had to be sheafed and stooked.
stack	Fill or cover a place or surface with stacks of things. The new premises provided a reading room and a stack* room.*
stacked	Arranged in a stack. Full sized washer dryers are replacing stacked* units.*
unit	The smallest measure of investment in a unit trust. The team is a unit.
weigh	Balance in the hands to guess or as if to guess the weight of. Weigh yourself on the day you begin the diet.