Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tons

1 sense of tons

Sense 1
tons, dozens, heaps, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings -- (a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers")
       => large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount -- (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ton

2 senses of ton

Sense 1
short ton, ton, net ton -- (a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds)
       => avoirdupois unit -- (any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights)

Sense 2
long ton, ton, gross ton -- (a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds)
       => avoirdupois unit -- (any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights)