Millennial

Quick meaning: Millennial is an adjective meaning Thousand-year-old; also (by extension, loosely) thousands of years old.

Meaning

Thousand-year-old; also (by extension, loosely) thousands of years old.

More Meanings

1. Occurring every thousand years.
2. Occurring at, or relating to, the beginning or end of a millennium.
3. Referring to the thousandth anniversary of an event or happening.
4. (Christianity) Synonym of millenarian (“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”).
5. (by extension, originally US, demography) Often capitalized: of or relating to, or characteristic of, people born in the last two decades of the 20th century from around the early 1980s to the mid 1990s (with 1996 births cited as the last Millennial year), and who reached adulthood early in the third millennium C.E.
6. (originally US, demography) Often capitalized: a person from the generation born in the last two decades of the 20th century, from around the early 1980s to the mid-1990s and who reached adulthood early in the third millennium C.E., characterized by their familiarity with computer technology and poorer financial prospects than their parents.
7. (obsolete, rare) A thousandth anniversary; also, a celebration of such an anniversary.

Example Sentences

a millennial fair

the millennial generation

As for Mr. [Thomas] Pynchon's conjuring of millennial New York, it's a total mishmash.

He was suffering from a typical millennial problem: Which is the correct emoji to use?

Word Forms

• millennials

Synonyms for millennial

Depending on context, synonyms include millenarian, millenniary, millennian.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include millennian, millennium, millenium, ancient, age-old, millennia.

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