boomer

noun

boom·​er ˈbü-mər How to pronounce boomer (audio)
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

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Shoppers still plan to spend more this year —$796 in 2025 versus $771 in 2024 and $754 in 2023 — with Millennials and Gen Z likely spending more this year than last and Gen X and boomers sticking to the same level of spend as last year. Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025 This is the same as the boomers wearing their 80s hair and lighter heated black eyeliner into their 50s. Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025 Only 37% of these owners are confident in the Federal Reserve's ability to control inflation, trailing the larger percentages of confidence reported by Gen Z and millennials (43%), and boomers/Silent Generation (48%) small business owners. Eric Johnson, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025 The report, based on 1,045 American adults age 25 and older with at least $25,000 in investable assets, found 63% of boomer women had already received an inheritance. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for boomer

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of boomer was in 1880

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“Boomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boomer. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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