Another word for generation

generation Synonyms

generation

n.

The act of producing
engendering, formation, creation; see production 1.
The act of producing offspring
procreation, propagation, reproduction, breeding, bearing, spawning, bringing forth, multiplying, fructifying.
Antonyms perishing, dying out, becoming extinct.
One cycle in the succession of parents and children
age, crop, rank, contemporaries, peers, coevals, peer group, age group.
The time required for a generation, sense 3
span, 20 to 30 years, period; see age 3.

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