generation

The word “generation” has 4 syllables: gen-er-a-tion

It's pronounced as /ˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃən/

What is synonym and antonym for generation?

In the thesaurus, “generation” has 89 synonyms and 1 antonym.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for generation along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for generation

age
baby boomers
bearing
beat generation
begetting
birth
bit
boomers
bracket
branch
breeding
bringing forth
category
class
classification
cohort
conception
construction
contemporaries
creation
crop
cycle
date
day
decades
development
division
engenderment
epoch
era
fabrication
family
formation
fructifying
gen x
gen y
gen z
generation a
generation x
generation y
generation z
genesis
genus
grade
group
innovation
invention
kind
league
lost generation
microgeneration
millennials
multiplying
nascency
order
origination
peers
period
procreation
production
propagation
reproduction
rise
rubric
sandwich generation
section
set
silent generation
sort
space
span
spawning
species
spell
stage
stretch
subclass
subdivision
subgroup
subspecies
tier
time
type
variety
vintage
while
xennials
year
years

Antonyms for generation

destruction

Meanings of generation

noun
1. The fact of creating something, or bringing something into being; production, creation.
2. The act of creating a living creature or organism; procreation.
3. Race, family; breed.
4. A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or degree in genealogy, the members of a family from the same parents, considered as a single unit.
5. Descendants, progeny; offspring.
6. The average amount of time needed for children to grow up and have children of their own, generally considered to be a period of around thirty years, used as a measure of time.
7. A set stage in the development of computing or of a specific technology.
8. The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude, by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc.
9. A specific age range whose members can relate culturally to one another.
10. A version of a form of pop culture which differs from later or earlier versions.
11. A copy of a recording made from an earlier copy and thus further degraded in quality.

Example Sentences

Each generation faces its own unique challenges.
The younger generation is more tech-savvy than ever.
This new generation of phones features advanced AI.
Her story inspired an entire generation of artists.
The power plant is responsible for the generation of electricity.

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