Gen Z

noun

ˈjen-ˈzē 

: generation z

Gen Z is as nuanced and complex as every generation before them … In fact, they are considered to be the most diverse and multicultural generation ever.

—Andrew Kelly and Guy Cierzan

Gen Z is incredibly media savvy, so the challenge for marketers is trying to connect with an audience that already knows every marketing trick in the book.

—Chirag Kulkarni

—often used before another noun

Gen Z activists are using social media to start movements and gather the momentum they need to make positive changes in the world.

—Savanna Smith

—often hyphenated in such use

Gen-Z students/consumers

Gen Zer

ˈjen-ˈzē-ər 

noun

or Gen-Zer

plural Gen Zers or Gen-Zers

… even the oldest Gen Zer was just a tween when the iPhone was released in 2007.

—Ryan Kelly

Though many tend to lump them together, millennials and Gen Zers are two very different cohorts.

—Chad Recchia

Examples of Gen Z in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Here's to hoping Charlotte's Gen Z children will end up schooling her on the joys of being alone—straight from their TikTok algorithm. —Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025

Perhaps some underemployed members of Gen Z will build memes about this. —Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025

In her view, this could be because Gen Z may be more familiar with the school system than the workplace. —Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 30 May 2025

The series is described as the wild romance of Gen Z’s own Bonnie and Clyde. —Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 29 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1996, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Gen Z

• bens
• cleanse
• dens
• gens
• glens
• hens
• jens
• pens
• tens
• wrens
• zens
• cheyennes