Meanings
plural Gen-Zers · alternative Gen Zedder · alternative Gen-Zedder · alternative Gen Zer · alternative Gen Z-er · alternative gen Z-er · alternative Gen Z'er
- informalA member of Generation Z.
Coordinate term: Gen-Xer
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The track makes the 18-year-old Eilish the youngest artist ever to record a Bond theme, the latest in a string of achievements that has made the precocious Gen-Z-er a regular fixture on the Guinness World Records blog.
2020 February 19, Lindsay Zoladz, “A Bond Theme Suits Billie Eilish Quite Well”, in The New York TimesAnother super PAC that supports moderate Republicans, Defending Main Street, has spent over $1.2 million and is running an ad that describes Ms. Leavitt as a “woke Gen-Z’er” and plays a Snapchat video she once posted where she used crude language to refer to her viewers.
2022 September 12, Annie Karni, “Gun Shoot Will Conclude Former Trump Aide’s House Primary Race”, in The New York TimesSynonyms: Generation Z, Generation Zer, Gen Z, Z, Zer, zoomer
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA member of Generation Z.
Origin
From Gen Z, shortened from Generation Z + -er.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Gen-Zer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gen-Zer
“Gen-Zer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gen-Zer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gen-Zer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gen-Zer.
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