ton (Meaning)
ton (n)
a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds
ton ()
pl. of Toe.
ton (n.)
The common tunny, or house mackerel.
The prevailing fashion or mode; vogue; as, things of ton.
A measure of weight or quantity.
The weight of twenty hundredweight.
Forty cubic feet of space, being the unit of measurement of the burden, or carrying capacity, of a vessel; as a vessel of 300 tons burden.
A certain weight or quantity of merchandise, with reference to transportation as freight; as, six hundred weight of ship bread in casks, seven hundred weight in bags, eight hundred weight in bulk; ten bushels of potatoes; eight sacks, or ten barrels, of flour; forty cubic feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet of hewn, timber, etc.
Synonyms & Antonyms of ton
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- peanuts
- touch
- dram
- atom
- bit
- pinch
- suspicion
- trace
- dram
- scrap
- scrap
- strain
- speck
- pinch
- peanuts
- ounce
- sprinkle
- whit
- spot
- ray
- shred
- molecule
- iota
- particle
- particle
- trace
- hint
- fragment
- shadow
- tad
- hint
- shred
- ace
- iota
- shade
- pittance
- modicum
- grain
- glimmer
- fragment
- sprinkling
- glimmer
- strain
- shade
- taste
- pittance
- bit
- mouthful
- whit
- mite
- shadow
- tad
- handful
- suspicion
- touch
- ounce
- spot
- speck
- molecule
- ace
- grain
- mouthful
- handful
- mite
- atom
- sprinkling
- ray
- sprinkle
- taste
- modicum
Synonyms:
- truckload
- bucket
- abundance
- thousands
- raft
- wad
- all kinds (of)
- much
- scads
- sheaf
- plenitude
- pot
- volume
- reams
- mountain
- fistful
- wealth
- peck
- yard
- profusion
- myriad
- multiplicity
- barrel
- bundle
- shipload
- pack
- bushel
- oodles
- quite a bit
- carload
- gobs
- mass
- heap
- good deal
- basketful
- boatload
- stack
- hundred
Antonyms:
- absence
- drop
- smidgeon
- mote
- scintilla
- drop
- shortage
- section
- scruple
- smattering
- streak
- dot
- crumb
- smidgen
- shortage
- paucity
- smattering
- paucity
- morsel
- little
- shot
- scruple
- absence
- smidgin
- mote
- tittle
- little
- portion
- lick
- dab
- granule
- dot
- smidgen
- lack
- fleck
- nip
- piece
- smidgeon
- portion
- lack
- scintilla
- smidgin
- shot
- fleck
- morsel
- jot
- smidge
- streak
- jot
- piece
- nip
- section
- dash
- smidge
- lick
- dab
- tittle
- crumb
- dash
- granule
Synonyms:
- surplus
- overage
- deluge
- multitude
- plentitude
- spate
- store
- crush
- million
- superabundance
- bevy
- swarm
- lashins
- surfeit
- excess
- embarrassment
- army
- overflow
- epidemic
- superfluity
- flood
- cram
- host
- potful
- zillion
- overabundance
- plethora
- crowd
- passel
- bonanza
- overkill
- throng
- oversupply
- overmuch
- gazillion
- score
- mess
- plateful
- sight
- press
- flock
- sea
- rash
- lashings
- plague
- redundancy
- horde
- drove
Antonyms:
ton Sentence Examples
- The ship carried a heavy ton of cargo across the ocean.
- The weightlifter hoisted a two-ton dumbbell with ease.
- The air conditioner emitted a ton of cool air, refreshing the room.
- The book was a tome of knowledge, weighing a ton in both physical and metaphorical terms.
- The construction site required a ton of concrete to build the skyscraper.
- The truck's engine roared with a deafening tonality.
- The music at the concert reached a fever pitch, with the bass reverberating with an almost tangible ton.
- The conversation was heavy with a ton of unspoken emotions.
- The bully taunted his victims with a condescending ton of voice.
- The team's victory brought a ton of joy to the city.
FAQs About the word ton
a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds, a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 poundspl. of Toe., The common tunny, or house mackerel., T
chunk, plenty, quantity, bunch, deal, dozen, pile,loads, lot, slew
peanuts, touch, dram, atom, bit, pinch, suspicion, trace, dram, scrap
The ship carried a heavy ton of cargo across the ocean.
The weightlifter hoisted a two-ton dumbbell with ease.
The air conditioner emitted a ton of cool air, refreshing the room.
The book was a tome of knowledge, weighing a ton in both physical and metaphorical terms.
