Definition for Generation:

• In the long-lived patriarchal age a generation seems to have been computed at 100 years, ( Genesis 15:16 ) comp. Genesis15:13 and Eccl 12:40 but subsequently the reckoning was the same which has been adopted by modern civilized nations, viz. from thirty to forty years ( Job 42:16 ) ( Generation is also used to signify the men of an age or time, as contemporaries, ( Genesis 6:9 ; Isaiah 53:8 ) posterity , especially in legal formulae, ( Leviticus 3:17 ) etc.; fathers, or ancestors. ( Psalms 49:19 ) [ E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary[J] indicates this entry was also found in Jack Van Impe's Prophecy Dictionary

Synonyms for Generation:

• n.

  •
  • the younger generation.
  •
  • bearing,
  • clansman,
  • blood,
  • breeding,
  • black sheep,
  • Spawning,
  • blood relation,
  • clanswoman,
  • dependent,
  • elder,
  • charge,
  • eldest,
  • the elder.
  •
  • category,
  • kind,
  • classification,
  • cross-section,
  • class,
  • type,
  • crop,
  • peer group,
  • rank,
  • sort,
  • grouping,
  • taxonomy,
  • variety.
  •
  • span.
  •
  • means of production.
  •act (noun)
  • generation.
  •age (noun)
  • lifetime,
  • duration,
  • epoch,
  • eon,
  • longevity.
  •beginning (noun)
  • roots,
  • germs.
  •cause (noun)
  • effectuation,
  • cause,
  • compunction,
  • elicitation,
  • motivator,
  • origination,
  • inspiration,
  • evocation,
  • force,
  • action,
  • basis,
  • factor,
  • root,
  • motive,
  • grounds,
  • mainspring,
  • compulsion,
  • drive,
  • execution,
  • provocation,
  • enforcement,
  • stimulus,
  • determinant,
  • source.
  •coevals (noun)
  • coevals.
  •contemporaries (noun)
  • contemporaries.
  •creation (noun)
  • invention,
  • conception,
  • establishment,
  • formulation.
  •creation, production (noun)
  • bringing forth,
  • Begetting,
  • Fructifying,
  • Multiplying.
  •day (noun)
  • height.
  •era; age group (noun)
  • breed,
  • days,
  • peers,
  • step,
  • aeon,
  • times.
  •formation (noun)
  • de-signs,
  • dis positions,
  • de-sign,
  • de-posit,
  • de-posits,
  • dis position,
  • dis-position,
  • dis-positions,
  • de posits,
  • de posit,
  • de sign,
  • de signs.
  •genealogy (noun)
  • de-scent,
  • de scent,
  • geneticses,
  • ex tractions,
  • Stemmata,
  • ex-traction,
  • pro geniture,
  • de scents,
  • pro-genitures,
  • blood lines,
  • ex-tractions,
  • pro-geniture,
  • progenitures,
  • pro genitures,
  • de-scents.
  •generation (noun)
  • multiplication.
  •genesis (noun)
  • out-sets,
  • engenderings,
  • out sets,
  • out set,
  • out-set.
  •point of time (noun)
  • microsecond,
  • century,
  • millisecond,
  • semester,
  • minute,
  • term,
  • millennium,
  • second,
  • decade.
  •procreation (noun)
  • begettings,
  • be getting,
  • impregnations,
  • pro-creations,
  • pro creations,
  • pro creation,
  • engenderments,
  • pro-creation,
  • be-getting.
  •production (noun)
  • construction,
  • development,
  • manufacture,
  • fabrication,
  • building,
  • making.
  •reproduction (noun)
  • pic,
  • reprintings,
  • transcriptions,
  • Photostats,
  • look-alike,
  • STATS,
  • re-enactment,
  • mimeo,
  • pix,
  • offprints,
  • REPRO,
  • STAT,
  • lookalike,
  • re-creation,
  • mimeograph,
  • transcription,
  • Reenactment,
  • flimsies,
  • reenactments,
  • reprinting,
  • re-creations,
  • Xray,
  • offprint,
  • look alike,
  • photo copy,
  • PICS,
  • mimeographs.
  •sex (noun)
  • sex,
  • coition,
  • birds and the bees.
  •years (noun)
  • oldnesses.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • brand name,
  • Heavy Industry,
  • outpouring,
  • producer goods,
  • Manufacturing,
  • generation X,
  • brand leader,
  • overproduction,
  • generational,
  • mass production,
  • boomer,
  • baby boomer,
  • Generation Y,
  • the Beat Generation,
  • the generation gap,
  • intergenerational,
  • soft commodities,
  • tester,
  • end product.
  •
  • fertilization,
  • widget,
  • prototype,
  • market leader,
  • commodity,
  • soft goods,
  • series,
  • byproduct.
  •
  • brand.
  •
  • suite,
  • derivative,
  • lineup,
  • product.
  •
  • industry.
  •
  • model.
  •
  • unit.
  •
  • make.
  •
  • line.

Paraphrases for Generation:

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    creation.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    new-generation.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, plural
    Activities.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Children, departments, data, generate, Producing.
  • Noun, plural
    Plants, catches, inputs, technicians, Oils, growers, volumes, holdings, filmmakers, Filings, crops, Studios, yields, Commodities, moulds, Coins, Films, goods, Producing.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    generate, multiplication, reproduction, collection, vintage, propagation, mobilization, Producing, formulation, apparition, elaboration, rendition.
  • Verb, past participle
    based.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    manufactures.
  • Verb, base form
    Generating, generate.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    Generating, gen.
  • Noun, plural
    productions, produces.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Generating, gen, creation, ration, offspring, gathering.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    produces, Producing.

Antonyms for Generation:

• n.

  • creation, production
    destruction.

Generation Sentence Examples:

• You must not suppose that these vast changes came about in the course of one generation.

• And no doubt those good people were really wise in their generation.

Hypernym for Generation:

• n.

  • group
    generation X, baby boom, baby-boom generation, posterity, gen X.

Hyponym for Generation:

• n.

  • act
    production.
  • group
    biological group.
  • time
    time period, period of time, stage, phase, period.