ton
1 of 2noun (1)
ˈtən 
plural tons also ton
1
: any of various units of weight:
a
: short ton see Weights and Measures Table
b
: metric ton
2
: a great quantity : lot
ate tons of cookies
has tons of money
a ton of work to do
3
a
: a unit of internal capacity for ships equal to 100 cubic feet
called also register ton
b
: a unit approximately equal to the volume of a long ton weight of seawater used in reckoning the displacement of ships and equal to 35 cubic feet
c
: a unit of volume for cargo freight usually reckoned at 40 cubic feet
called also measurement ton
ton
2 of 2noun (2)
ˈtōⁿ
1
: the prevailing fashion : vogue
2
: the quality or state of being smart or fashionable
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- abundance
- barrel
- basketful
- boatload
- bucket
- bunch
- bundle
- bushel
- carload
- chunk
- deal
- dozen
- fistful
- gobs
- good deal
- heap
- hundred
- lashings [chiefly British]
- lashins
- loads
- lot
- mass
- mess
- mountain
- much
- multiplicity
- myriad
- oodles
- pack
- passel
- peck
- pile
- plateful
- plenitude
- plentitude
- plenty
- pot
- potful
- profusion
- quantity
- raft
- reams
- scads
- sheaf
- shipload
- sight
- slew
- spate
- stack
- store
- truckload
- volume
- wad
- wealth
- yard
Noun (2)
- buzz
- chic
- craze
- dernier cri
- enthusiasm
- fad
- fashion
- flavor
- go
- hot ticket
- last word
- latest
- mode
- rage
- sensation
- style
- trend
- vogue
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English tunne unit of weight or capacity — more at tun
Noun (2)
borrowed from French, "pitch, tone, manner, style," going back to Old French, "sound of voices, voice quality," going back to Latin tonus "strain, tension, musical pitch, note" — more at tone entry 1
First Known Use
Noun (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a
Noun (2)
1756, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing ton
Kids Definition
ton
noun
ˈtən
: a measure of weight equal either to 2000 pounds (about 907 kilograms) ( short ton ) or 2240 pounds (about 1016 kilograms) ( long ton ) with the short ton being more frequently used in the United States and Canada
tons 1 of 2
noun (1)
as in loads
a considerable amount I received a ton of advice on the problem—all of it unsolicited Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- loads
- lots
- piles
- slews
- hundreds
- bunches
- hundred
- chunks
- dozens
- dozen
- wealths
- quantities
- deals
- bundles
- stacks
- boatloads
- plenties
- heaps
- truckloads
- oodles
- rafts
- scads
- bushels
- gobs
- myriads
- much
- masses
- reams
- shiploads
- basketfuls
- buckets
- carloads
- abundances
- yards
- fistfuls
- barrels
- wads
- volumes
- platefuls
- packs
- mountains
- pots
- stores
- pecks
- sights
- sheaves
- lashings
- thousands
- good deals
- potfuls
- profusions
- multiplicities
- plenitudes
- messes
- spates
- all kinds (of)
- million
- millions
- quite a bit
- plentitudes
- lashins
- basketsful
- multitudes
- floods
- passels
- zillions
- surpluses
- trillions
- rashes
- plagues
- scores
- surfeits
- hordes
- seas
- oversupplies
- excesses
- gazillions
- swarms
- plethoras
- bonanzas
- hosts
- overmuch
- epidemics
- overages
- redundancies
- crams
- superfluities
- legions
- overflows
- overabundances
- deluges
- crushes
- bevies
- throngs
- embarrassments
- jillions
- superabundances
- crowds
- kazillions
- armies
- flocks
- overkills
- mobs
- herds
- droves
- presses
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- ounces
- bits
- hints
- shades
- grains
- spots
- fragments
- tastes
- touches
- peanuts
- molecules
- traces
- shadows
- drams
- particles
- little
- scraps
- atoms
- rays
- strains
- sprinklings
- licks
- specks
- glimmers
- mouthfuls
- handfuls
- flecks
- sprinkles
- suspicions
- mites
- pinches
- aces
- scruples
- granules
- streaks
- dots
- pieces
- shreds
- nips
- dabs
- driblets
- sections
- smidgens
- motes
- handsful
- crumbs
- pittances
- smidgeons
- nubbins
- portions
- smidges
- shots
- drops
- iotas
- smatterings
- dashes
- lacks
- smidgins
- morsels
- shortages
- tittles
- scintillas
- whits
- modicums
- wants
- flyspecks
- smatters
- jots
- deficiencies
- absences
- scarcities
- deficits
- famines
- inadequacies
- insufficiencies
- paucities
- dearths
- undersupplies
- poverties
tons
2 of 2noun (2)
as in trends
a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time granite countertops became all the ton in kitchen decor Synonyms & Similar Words
- trends
- styles
- rages
- crazes
- enthusiasms
- vogues
- flavors
- modes
- last words
- fashions
- buzzes
- fads
- chics
- hot tickets
- sensations
- crushes
- passions
- new waves
- novelties
- nine day wonders
- movements
- dernier cris
- nine days' wonders
- fervors
- furors
- wrinkles
- cults
- infatuations
- fusses
- crusades
- hullabaloos
- caprices
- bandwagons
- whims
- uproars
- to-dos
- fancies
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- standards
- classics
- impressionabilities
- impressionability
- impressionable
- impressionableness
- impressionablenesses
- impressional
- impressionally
- impressionary
- impressionism
- impressionisms
- impressionist
- impressionistic
- impressionistically
- impressionists
- impressions
- impressive
- impressively
- impressiveness
- impressivenesses
- impressment
- impressments
- impressure
- impressures
- imprest
- imprest accountant