Synonyms and antonyms of Generations in American Thesaurus

generation (noun)

a group of people in society who are born and live around the same time

generation (noun)

the number of years that usually pass between the birth of a person and the birth of that person’s children

the generation gap (noun)

the difference in opinions or behavior between older and younger people which often causes problems between them

baby boomer (noun)

someone who was born during the baby boom after World War II. Baby boomers are often simply called boomers.

the Beat Generation ()

those young people in the 1950s who did not accept the usual ideas and rules of Western society, living together in groups and sometimes taking illegal drugs

boomer (noun)

Americaninformal a baby boomer

Generation X (noun)

the people born in the 1960s and 1970s, who are sometimes seen as having no strong moral values

Generation Y (noun)

the generation of people born from the late 1970s to the mid 1990s

Generation Z (noun)

the generation of people born from the mid 1990s until the present day

Generation K (noun)

young people, especially young women, born between 1995 and 2002

generational (adjective)

relating to a particular generation or to the relationship between generations

the older/younger generation ()

the people in society at a particular time who are old or young

born free (noun)

South African in South Africa and Zimbabwe, someone who was born after the country attained democracy

intergenerational (adjective)

relating to more than one generation (=group of people who were born at about the same time)

millennial (noun)

a person who became an adult around the year 2000

snowflake generation (noun)

showing disapproval a term used to refer to young people suggesting that as a group they are too sensitive and too easily offended

the younger generation ()

the youngest adults in a society