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Millennial

/mɪˈlɛni.əl/

A demographic term for a person from the generation born from around the early 1980s to the mid 1990s or early 2000s; individuals who reached adulthood early in the 3rd millennium, C.E.

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📖 Definitions of "Millennial"

noun

1
A demographic term for a person from the generation born from around the early 1980s to the mid 1990s or early 2000s; individuals who reached adulthood early in the 3rd millennium, C.E.

adjective

1
Referring to the 1,000th anniversary of an event or happening.
"millennial fair"
2
Occurring every thousand years.
3
Occurring at the end or beginning of a millennium.
4
Of or relating to people born in the last two decades of the 20th century.
"He was suffering from a typical millennial problem: Which is the correct emoji to use?"

🔄 Synonyms of "Millennial"

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Word	Definition
millenniannoun	Alternative form of millenarian. [(Christianity) Pertaining to the belief in an impending period of one thousand years of peace and righteousness associated with the Second Coming of Christ and his reign on earth.]

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Millennial"

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Word	Definition
millenniannoun	Alternative form of millenarian. [(Christianity) Pertaining to the belief in an impending period of one thousand years of peace and righteousness associated with the Second Coming of Christ and his reign on earth.]
millenniumnoun	(countable) A period of time consisting of one thousand years.
milleniumnoun	Misspelling of millennium. [(countable) A period of time consisting of one thousand years.]
ancientnoun	Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
age-old	Very old; having existed for a long time; ancient or well-established.
millennianoun	(nonstandard) a single period of 1000 years, a millennium
trillennial	Pertaining to an age or duration of 3,000 years.
centenarynoun	Synonym of centennial: a hundredth anniversary.
centennialnoun	The hundredth anniversary of an event or happening.
bimillenarynoun	A two-thousandth anniversary
decamillennial	Occurring every ten thousand years.
intercentennial	Between centuries; occurring over more than one century.
supercenturial	Of or pertaining to a length of time greater than a century
bimillennialnoun	The 2,000th anniversary of an event or happening.
decennalnoun	(obsolete) Synonym of decennial, of or related to a 10-year period.
quincentennialnoun	A 500th anniversary.
multicentennial	That happens on many multiples of a hundred years
decennarynoun	A decennium: a period of ten years.
hundred-thousandthnoun	One of one hundred thousand equal parts of a whole.
decennialnoun	Synonym of decade, a ten-year period.