English noun: tons | |||
1. | tons (quantity) a large number or amount | ||
Samples | Made lots of new friends. She amassed stacks of newspapers. | ||
Synonyms | dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, loads, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, wads | ||
Broader (hypernym) | large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity | ||