baby boomer
baby boomer noun: a person born in the postwar years, generally considered in the United States and other Allied countries as between 1946 and 1964.
Noun (1)
baby boomer (plural baby boomers)
- A person born in the postwar years, generally considered in the United States and other Allied countries as between 1946 and 1964.
- The baby boomers, Americans born between 1946 and 1961, are increasingly discovering that the cohorts with whom they crowded into maternity wards, elementary schools, colleges and entry-level jobs are now clogging the fast track to the top as well, demographers say.1982 January 10, Thomas L. Friedman, “The Baby Boom Comes of Age”, in New York Times
- Synonyms:
- boomer
Noun (2) capitalized: Baby Boomer
Baby Boomer (plural Baby Boomers)
- Alternative letter-case form of baby boomer.
Synonyms of baby boomer
Forms of baby boomer
| plural | baby boomers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | baby-boomer |
| alternative form | babyboomer |
| alternative form | Baby Boomer |
| plural | Baby Boomers |
Origin of baby boomer
From baby + boomer, or from baby boom + -er, when there was a marked increase in birthrates throughout the Western world following the return of servicemen at the end of World War II.
Words formed from baby boomer
Questions about baby boomer
- What does baby boomer mean?
- Baby boomer means a person born in the postwar years, generally considered in the United States and other Allied countries as between 1946 and 1964.
- What part of speech is baby boomer?
- Baby boomer is a noun.
- What is the plural of baby boomer?
- The plural of baby boomer is baby boomers.
Words near baby boomer in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: baby boomer (page history and authors); Baby Boomer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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