Meanings
baby boomer1
plural baby boomers · alternative baby-boomer · alternative babyboomer · alternative Baby Boomer
- CanadaUScapitalizedsometimesA 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 TimesSynonyms: boomer
Baby Boomer2
plural Baby Boomers
- Alternative letter-case form of baby boomer.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person born in the postwar years, generally considered in the United States and other Allied countries as between 1946 and 1964.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian бейби бумър
- бейби бумър (bejbi bumăr)person born after Second World War
Catalan baby-boomer
- baby-boomerperson born after Second World War
Chinese Mandarin 第二次世界大戰後生育高峰期出生的人 /第二次世界大战后生育高峰期出生的人, 嬰兒潮一代 /婴儿潮一代
- 第二次世界大戰後生育高峰期出生的人 /第二次世界大战后生育高峰期出生的人 (dì èr cì shìjiè dàzhàn hòu shēngyù gāofēngqī chūshēng de rén)person born after Second World War
- 嬰兒潮一代 /婴儿潮一代 (yīng'ércháoyīdài)person born after Second World War
Dutch babyboomer
- babyboomerperson born after Second World War
Finnish suurten ikäluokkien edustaja, suuriin ikäluokkiin kuuluva
- suurten ikäluokkien edustajaperson born after Second World War
- suuriin ikäluokkiin kuuluvaperson born after Second World War
- suuret ikäluokatperson born after Second World War
French bébé-boumeur, bébé-boumeuse
- bébé-boumeurperson born after Second World War
- bébé-boumeuseperson born after Second World War
- baby boomerperson born after Second World War
- baby-boomerperson born after Second World War
German Babyboomer, Babyboomerin
- Babyboomerperson born after Second World War
- Babyboomerinperson born after Second World War
Greek παιδί της μεταπολίτευσης, μπούμερ
- παιδί της μεταπολίτευσης (paidí tis metapolítefsis)person born after Second World War
- μπούμερ (boúmer)person born after Second World War
Hebrew בייבי בומר
- בייבי בומרperson born after Second World War
Hungarian a baby boom generáció tagja, Ratkó-gyerek
- a baby boom generáció tagjaperson born after Second World War
- Ratkó-gyerek (referring to the Ratkó period)person born after Second World War
Italian baby boomer
- baby boomerperson born after Second World War
Japanese ベビーブーマー, 団塊の世代
- ベビーブーマー (bebībūmā)person born after Second World War
- 団塊の世代person born after Second World War
Korean 베이비 부머
- 베이비 부머 (beibi bumeo)person born after Second World War
Polish baby boomer
- baby boomerperson born after Second World War
Portuguese baby boomer
- baby boomerperson born after Second World War
Russian бэ́би-бу́мер
- бэ́би-бу́мер (bɛ́bi-búmer)person born after Second World War
Slovak generácia baby boomers
- generácia baby boomersperson born after Second World War
Spanish baby boomer
- baby boomerperson born after Second World War
Swedish babyboomare, köttberg
- babyboomareperson born after Second World War
- köttbergperson born after Second World War
Yiddish בעיבי בומער, בייבי בומער
- בעיבי בומער (beybi bumer)person born after Second World War
- בייבי בומער (beybi bumer)person born after Second World War
Cite this entry
baby boomer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baby%20boomer
“baby boomer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baby%20boomer. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “baby boomer,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baby%20boomer.
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