Generation Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Generation

creation
Anything created; esp., something original created by the imagination; invention, design, etc.
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procreation
The process by which an organism produces others of its biological kind
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engendering
The act by which something is engendered.
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age
The condition of being old; old age
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peers
Plural form of peer
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20 to 30 years
The time required for a generation, sense 3
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production
The act of being produced
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fructifying
The act of producing offspring
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descendants
Plural form of descendant
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formation
Formation is defined as an arrangement, the way something is arranged or a coming together.
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propagation
Multiplication or increase, as by natural reproduction.
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development
Development is defined as the process of growth or new information or an event.
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progeny
A child or children of a parent or parents:
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reproduction
The process by which cells and organisms produce other cells and organisms of the same kind. &diamf3; The reproduction of organisms by the union of male and female reproductive cells (gametes) is called sexual reproduction. Many unicellular and most multicellular organisms reproduce sexually. &diamf3; Reproduction in which offspring are produced by a single parent, without the union of reproductive cells, is called asexual reproduction. The fission (splitting) of bacterial cells and the cells of multicellular organisms by mitosis is a form of asexual reproduction, as is the budding of yeast cells and the generation of clones by runners in plants. Many plants and fungi are capable of reproducing both sexually and asexually, as are some animals, such as sponges and aphids.
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bearing
(Architecture, proscribed) The unsupported span.
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bringing-forth
The act of producing offspring
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multiplying
The act of producing offspring
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crop
Cultivated plants or agricultural produce, such as grain, vegetables, or fruit, considered as a group:
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spawning
The act of producing offspring
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rank
One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality
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coevals
Plural form of coeval
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peer group
The definition of a peer group is a group of people with an age and social status similarly situated to you with whom you interact regularly.
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age-group
A group of people who are the same age or in the same range of ages.
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span
The section between two intermediate supports of a bridge.
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period
Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity. [from 19th c.]
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begetting
The act or product of one who begets.
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era
A time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.
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family
(Biology) A taxonomic category of related organisms ranking below an order and above a genus. A family usually consists of several genera.
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lifetime
The duration of the life of someone or something.
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offspring
(Computing) A process launched by another process.
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origination
(Uncountable) The process of bringing something into existence.
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posterity
Future generations:
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prolification
(Dated) The generation of young.
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time
(Countable) An experience.
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multiplication
Any of certain analogous operations involving mathematical objects other than numbers.
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contemporaries
Plural form of contemporary
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breeding
The definition of breeding means the producing or raising of young.
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genesis
Genesis means the beginning.
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Antonyms for Generation

dying-out
The act of producing offspring
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destruction
Destruction is defined as the tearing down or dismantling or killing of something.
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becoming extinct
The act of producing offspring
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perishing
The act of producing offspring
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Words Related to Generation

year
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decade
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second-generation
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generatrix
(Math.) A point, line, or plane whose motion generates a curve, plane, or figure
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alternation-of-generations
The regular alternation of forms or of mode of reproduction in the life cycle of an organism, especially the alternation between sexual and asexual reproductive phases in plants and some invertebrates. In plants, the alternation involves alternating generations of haploid and diploid organisms. Often one of these generations is the dominant form of the organism, and the other generation is nutritionally dependent upon it or just grows as a smaller plant. For example, in mosses and liverworts, the haploid phase is the large, familiar form of the plant. The diploid phase is smaller and grows upon the haploid phase. In angiosperms, however, the diploid phase of the organism is large and independent, while the haploid phase is reduced to the pollen grain and the eight-celled female gametophyte located in the ovule.
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  • This generation has no idea.

  • Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

  • I am third generation PMF, like Brady.

  • The independent plant which is generally attached to the soil by hair-like structures is the sexual generation, the sporophyte is a stalked or sessile capsule which remains always attached to the gametophyte from which it derives the whole or part of its nourishment.

  • It was a way for that generation to ask, Why is there war?

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