millennial

/mɪˈlɛniəl/

nounadjectivemil · len · ni · al

Think: **mill** (a thousand) + **enni** (sounds like “any”) + **al** — a *millennial* is tied to a **mill** (thousand) years or the generation name.

Yes, it's millennial. Watch the double **l** in **mill-** and the **-ennial** ending: **mill + ennial** (not *-enial*).

Definitions

  1. adjectiveRelating to the generation of people born roughly in the 1980s and 1990s (often defined as about 1981–1996).
  2. nounA person who belongs to the millennial generation.
  3. adjectiveRelating to a period of one thousand years; occurring every thousand years.

Examples

  • My sister is a millennial, and she remembers life before smartphones.
  • The company redesigned its app to appeal to millennial customers.
  • The museum displayed a millennial timeline showing changes over the last thousand years.

Synonyms

Generation YGen Ytwentysomethingyoung adultyouth

Antonyms

baby boomersenior

Translations

ES milenialPT millennialFR millénial

Common misspellings

milenialmillenialmilleniallmillenniall

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