Synonyms for generation

noun

1. The act of producing

   engendering, formation, creation; see production 1.

2. The act of producing offspring

   procreation, propagation, reproduction, breeding, bearing, spawning, bringing forth, multiplying, fructifying.

   Antonyms perishing, dying out, becoming extinct.

3. One cycle in the succession of parents and children

   age, crop, rank, contemporaries, peers, coevals, peer group, age group.

4. The time required for a generation, sense 3

   span, 20 to 30 years, period; see age 3.