Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun generation

7 senses of generation

Sense 1
coevals, contemporaries, generation -- (all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age)
       => people -- ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience")

Sense 2
generation -- (group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent)
       => biological group -- (a group of plants or animals)

Sense 3
generation -- (the normal time between successive generations; "they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade")
       => time period, period of time, period -- (an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period")

Sense 4
generation -- (a stage of technological development or innovation; "the third generation of computers")
       => phase, stage -- (any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected")

Sense 5
genesis, generation -- (a coming into being)
       => beginning -- (the event consisting of the start of something; "the beginning of the war")

Sense 6
generation -- (the production of heat or electricity; "dams were built for the generation of electricity")
       => production -- ((economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale; "he introduced more efficient methods of production")

Sense 7
generation, multiplication, propagation -- (the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production)
       => reproduction, procreation, breeding, facts of life -- (the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring)