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

Ages 61 to 79, boomers are already in their retirement era, while Gen Xers, ages 45 to 60, will be the next generation to retire. —Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2025

Thirty-two percent of Gen Z respondents prefer suburbs, trailing only boomers (43 percent). —Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025

While 51 percent of older boomers (ages 71 to 79) and 39 percent of younger boomers (ages 61 to 70) paid for their homes with cash in 2023-24, more than 90 percent of buyers under the age of 45 (all millennials and Gen Z-ers) relied on financing and family support, according to the report. —Samantha Latson, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025

Comments Baby boomers, millennials, and zoomers: make way for Generation Beta. —Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 7 Mar. 2025

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