boomer

noun

boom·​er ˈbü-mər 

1

: one that booms

2

: one that joins a rush of settlers to a boom area

3

: a transient worker (such as a bridge builder)

4

: a person born during a baby boom : baby boomer

Examples of boomer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The 78-year-old troubadour bravely refused to engage in the kind of safe, predictable, by-the-numbers show that — apart from Bob Dylan and Paul Simon — too many of his baby-boomer peers are content to dole out night after night to nostalgia-craving audiences. —George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026

Why boomers aren’t going anywhere Baby boomers—now ages 62 to 79—accounted for 42% of all buyers and a dominant 55% of all sellers. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026

That marked the second year in a row, but just the third time in the last decade, that boomers were the largest share of buyers. —Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 17 Apr. 2026

The millennial-Gen Z generational divide, both sides fighting over scraps of a shrinking pie while still in smiling, obsequious service to aging boomers, is an enticing hook made more so by meta casting. —Alison Herman, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing boomer

• baby boomer

Rhymes for boomer

• humor
• humour
• plumer
• rumor
• rumour
• tumor
• tumour
• antitumor
• pseudotumor
• consumer
• perfumer