baby-boom generation

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsbaby boom

   Broadergeneration

Questions about baby-boom generation

What does baby-boom generation mean?

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

What is another word for baby-boom generation?

Close synonyms include baby boom. 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 generation a common word?

baby-boom generation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.