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:
- pittance
- spot
- hint
- handful
- glimmer
- speck
- touch
- grain
- ray
- atom
- sprinkle
- fragment
- bit
- strain
- mite
- trace
- speck
- whit
- hint
- dram
- molecule
- ace
- handful
- taste
- shadow
- scrap
- shade
- mouthful
- ace
- bit
- molecule
- sprinkle
- fragment
- mouthful
- touch
- scrap
- whit
- atom
- pittance
- grain
- suspicion
- dram
- peanuts
- sprinkling
- particle
- trace
- taste
- shred
- shred
- suspicion
- mite
- tad
- shade
- ray
- ounce
- glimmer
- particle
- tad
- sprinkling
- ounce
- iota
- iota
- pinch
- strain
- spot
- peanuts
- modicum
- shadow
- modicum
- pinch
Synonyms:
- pot
- stack
- basketful
- yard
- oodles
- profusion
- barrel
- sheaf
- much
- bucket
- mountain
- peck
- volume
- multiplicity
- pack
- plenitude
- abundance
- raft
- carload
- shipload
- wealth
- quite a bit
- good deal
- bushel
- hundred
- bundle
- reams
- mass
- wad
- truckload
- gobs
- scads
- fistful
- boatload
- heap
- myriad
- all kinds (of)
- thousands
Antonyms:
- shot
- dash
- dab
- shortage
- smidgen
- scruple
- scintilla
- piece
- paucity
- tittle
- portion
- dash
- smidgin
- shot
- jot
- smidgeon
- streak
- smattering
- jot
- absence
- shortage
- granule
- scintilla
- smidgin
- dab
- morsel
- paucity
- granule
- smidgen
- smidge
- piece
- morsel
- dot
- nip
- drop
- lack
- little
- smidgeon
- fleck
- lack
- lick
- absence
- mote
- streak
- scruple
- smattering
- section
- lick
- crumb
- crumb
- drop
- section
- tittle
- little
- smidge
- portion
- nip
- dot
- mote
- fleck
Synonyms:
- superabundance
- passel
- plague
- horde
- flock
- sea
- embarrassment
- oversupply
- gazillion
- drove
- million
- multitude
- overkill
- plentitude
- rash
- overmuch
- store
- sight
- spate
- overabundance
- score
- throng
- overage
- surplus
- lashings
- host
- mess
- excess
- deluge
- redundancy
- crowd
- crush
- zillion
- plateful
- lashins
- overflow
- army
- flood
- potful
- cram
- bevy
- plethora
- swarm
- surfeit
- superfluity
- epidemic
- bonanza
- press
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
bunch, dozen, plenty, pile, slew, quantity, chunk, lot,loads, deal
pittance, spot, hint, handful, glimmer, speck, touch, grain, ray, atom
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.
