Synonyms for generation
ˌdʒɛn əˈreɪ ʃəngen·er·a·tion

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1. generation

   Synonyms:
   age, period, era, epoch, lifetime, offspring, stock, race, origination, breed, progeny, formation

   Antonyms:
   perpetuity, eternity, immortality

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1. coevals, contemporaries, generationnoun

   all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age

   Synonyms:
   coevals, contemporaries, genesis, multiplication, propagation

2. generationnoun

   group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent

   Synonyms:
   genesis, coevals, contemporaries, multiplication, propagation

3. generationnoun

   the normal time between successive generations

   "they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade"

   Synonyms:
   genesis, coevals, contemporaries, multiplication, propagation

4. generationnoun

   a stage of technological development or innovation

   "the third generation of computers"

   Synonyms:
   genesis, coevals, contemporaries, multiplication, propagation

5. genesis, generationnoun

   a coming into being

   Synonyms:
   coevals, contemporaries, genesis, multiplication, propagation

6. generationnoun

   the production of heat or electricity

   "dams were built for the generation of electricity"

   Synonyms:
   genesis, coevals, contemporaries, multiplication, propagation

7. generation, multiplication, propagationnoun

   the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production

   Synonyms:
   genesis, multiplication, times, contemporaries, extension, propagation, coevals

Matched Categories

1. • Biological Group
   • Phase
   • Production
   • Reproduction
   • Time Period

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1. generationnoun

   Synonyms:
   procreation

2. generationnoun

   Synonyms:
   production, formation

3. generationnoun

   Synonyms:
   progeny, offspring, succession of descendants

4. generationnoun

   Synonyms:
   family, stock, race, breed

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1. generationnoun

   Synonyms:
   procreation, reproduction, prolification, begetting, origination, production, formation

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1. List of paraphrases for "generation":

   generating, production, generations, gen, génération, generate, gil, jill, creation, jil, jel, output, breed

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How to use generation in a sentence?

1. Jeetendr Sehdev:

   Authenticity is becoming more important among teens and millennials. They’re more jaded as a generation.

2. Mark Levin:

   They talk about the Squad. Thisis not a Squad, this is a cabal of Marxists whohate this country—some of them first, second-generation immigrants into the country, who bring their attitudes, who bring theirindoctrination into thecountry, and are at war, right there in the halls of Congress, against our owncountry.

3. Kamala Harris:

   We're going from the doors to many of our country's prestigious colleges and professions being closed to our community to new investments that educate the next generation of black leaders.

4. Mubin Shaikh:

   When you're dealing with first, second, even third generation individuals from various ethnic backgrounds, there are still problems of acculturation and integration.

5. Catherine Frazier:

   Many first and second-generation Hispanics grew up in similar households.