generation

English Thesaurus

1. the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production (noun.act)

hypernym	:	breeding, facts of life, procreation, reproduction,
definition	:	the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring (noun.act)

hyponym	:	biogenesis, biogeny,
definition	:	the production of living organisms from other living organisms (noun.act)

2. the production of heat or electricity (noun.act)

hypernym	:	production,
definition	:	(economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale (noun.act)

3. a coming into being (noun.event)

hypernym	:	beginning,
definition	:	the event consisting of the start of something (noun.event)

4. group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent (noun.group)

hypernym	:	biological group,
definition	:	a group of plants or animals (noun.group)

hyponym	:	posterity,
definition	:	all future generations (noun.group)

hyponym	:	baby boom, baby-boom generation,
definition	:	the larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II (noun.group)

hyponym	:	gen x, generation x,
definition	:	the generation following the baby boom (especially Americans and Canadians born in the 1960s and 1970s) (noun.group)

5. all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age (noun.group)

hypernym	:	people,
definition	:	(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively (noun.group)

hyponym	:	youth culture,
definition	:	young adults (a generational unit) considered as a cultural class or subculture (noun.group)

hyponym	:	peer group,
definition	:	contemporaries of the same status (noun.group)

6. the normal time between successive generations (noun.time)

hypernym	:	period, period of time, time period,
definition	:	an amount of time (noun.time)

7. a stage of technological development or innovation (noun.time)

hypernym	:	phase, stage,
definition	:	any distinct time period in a sequence of events (noun.time)

8. the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production (noun.act)

derivation	:	beget, bring forth, engender, father, generate, get, mother, sire,
definition	:	make children (verb.body)

derivation	:	multiply, procreate, reproduce,
definition	:	have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant (verb.body)

derivation	:	propagate,
definition	:	multiply sexually or asexually (verb.body)

derivation	:	propagate,
definition	:	cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering (verb.body)

derivation	:	breed, multiply,
definition	:	have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms) (verb.body)

derivation	:	propagate,
definition	:	transmit from one generation to the next (verb.possession)

9. the production of heat or electricity (noun.act)

derivation	:	generate,
definition	:	produce (energy) (verb.creation)

derivation	:	generate, give, render, return, yield,
definition	:	give or supply (verb.creation)

10. a coming into being (noun.event)

derivation	:	beget, bring forth, engender, father, generate, get, mother, sire,
definition	:	make children (verb.body)

derivation	:	bring forth, generate,
definition	:	bring into existence (verb.creation)

11. group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent (noun.group)

derivation	:	beget, bring forth, engender, father, generate, get, mother, sire,
definition	:	make children (verb.body)

derivation	:	generational, generational,
definition	:	of or relating to a generation (adj.pert)

12. a stage of technological development or innovation (noun.time)

derivation	:	bring forth, generate,
definition	:	bring into existence (verb.creation)

derivation	:	generational,
definition	:	of or relating to a generation (adj.pert)

13. the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production (noun.act)

derivation	:	beget, bring forth, engender, father, generate, get, mother, sire,
definition	:	make children (verb.body)

derivation	:	multiply, procreate, reproduce,
definition	:	have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant (verb.body)

derivation	:	propagate,
definition	:	multiply sexually or asexually (verb.body)

derivation	:	propagate,
definition	:	cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering (verb.body)

derivation	:	breed, multiply,
definition	:	have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms) (verb.body)

derivation	:	propagate,
definition	:	transmit from one generation to the next (verb.possession)

14. the production of heat or electricity (noun.act)

derivation	:	generate,
definition	:	produce (energy) (verb.creation)

derivation	:	generate, give, render, return, yield,
definition	:	give or supply (verb.creation)

15. a coming into being (noun.event)

derivation	:	beget, bring forth, engender, father, generate, get, mother, sire,
definition	:	make children (verb.body)

derivation	:	bring forth, generate,
definition	:	bring into existence (verb.creation)

16. group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent (noun.group)

derivation	:	beget, bring forth, engender, father, generate, get, mother, sire,
definition	:	make children (verb.body)

derivation	:	generational, generational,
definition	:	of or relating to a generation (adj.pert)

17. a stage of technological development or innovation (noun.time)

derivation	:	bring forth, generate,
definition	:	bring into existence (verb.creation)

derivation	:	generational,
definition	:	of or relating to a generation (adj.pert)

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