baby boom

1. 1.

   the larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II

   Synonymsbaby-boom generation

   Broadergeneration

Questions about baby boom

What does baby boom mean?

baby boom means "the larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II".

What is another word for baby boom?

Close synonyms include baby-boom generation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is baby boom a common word?

baby boom is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.