millennial

[ mil-len-ee-uhl ]

adjective

1. of or relating to a millennium none or the millennium.
2. worthy or suggestive of the millennium.
3. (often initial capital letter) noting or relating to the generation born in the 1980s or 1990s, especially in the U.S.

noun

1. (often initial capital letter) a person born in the 1980s or 1990s, especially in the U.S.; a member of Generation Y none:

   Millennials are facing a deep economic crisis.

Other Words From

• mil·lenni·al·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of millennial¹

First recorded in 1655–65; millenni(um) none + -al ¹none

Example Sentences

As they’ve become parents, millennials—especially millennials of color—have faced impossible standards as they’ve often been required to work full-time, and women are still expected to do most of the housework.

From Fortune

By comparison, 32 percent of baby boomers, 26 percent of millennials and just 21 percent of Gen X say the same.

From Ozy

A combination of lower interest rates, an influx of first-time millennial home buyers, and a 50% rebound in the S&P 500 has combined to create a hot housing market despite a double-digit unemployment rate.

From Fortune

In an election year that has been full of social injustice and unrest, it is more important than ever that we utilize our technology and influencer network to help spread the word about the importance of voting to Gen Z and millennial audiences.

From Fortune

Coel writes, co-directs and stars as Arabella, a millennial who uses her Twitter following as a springboard to propel her writing career.

From Ozy

These days, to be featured by Travel Noire on Instagram is like a badge of honor for many black millennial travelers.

From The Daily Beast

The Millennial Action Project (MAP) seeks to engage young people in politics and give them more of a voice in governing.

From The Daily Beast

Leading the pack of millennial art wunderkinds is Idaho-native Akiane Kramarik, who began drawing at age two.

From The Daily Beast

The suburbs are changing in ways that could help progressives, notably by becoming more heavily minority and Millennial.

From The Daily Beast

Does any of this ancient history of the bellbottom era sound familiar to you, fellow millennial geeks?

From The Daily Beast

Onlookers sent broadcast to every quarter accounts of the millennial harmony which presided over all.

From Project Gutenberg

That these will be incorporated in millennial times, we have reason to believe.

From Project Gutenberg

It is the millennial temple, that coming, earthly house to which the nations shall turn to worship the King.

From Project Gutenberg

Both are absent in the millennial temple for what the silver and gold foreshadows is now realized in His redeemed earthly people.

From Project Gutenberg

God Himself will be the guardian and protector of this millennial sanctuary of His earthly people.

From Project Gutenberg