generation

Other forms of generation

plural

generations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about generation

What does generation mean?

generation means "all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in generation?

generation has 4 syllables: gen-e-ra-tion. The stress falls on "ra". In IPA it is /ˌdʒɛnɚˈeɪʃən/.

What is another word for generation?

Close synonyms include coevals, contemporaries, genesis, multiplication, propagation. 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 generation a common word?

generation is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with generation?

133 words rhyme with generation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.