a member of the generation who reached adulthood around the year 2000
Derived forms
millennialist (milˈlennialist)
noun
millennially (milˈlennially)
adverb
millennial in American English
(mɪlˈleniəl)
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to a millennium or the millennium
2.
worthy or suggestive of the millennium
Derived forms
millennially
adverb
Word origin
[1655–65; millenni(um) + -al1]This word is first recorded in the period 1655–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: chassis, disk, grille, minimum, patrol
Examples of 'millennial' in a sentence
millennial
It hopes to be attractive to 'millennial' customers.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The millennial lexicon can be a minefield, and to outsiders it is incomprehensible.
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The colour of the moment is called millennial pink.
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Leave them to the millennial stick insects, right?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He expects that trend to change as the millennial entrepreneurs start selling companies.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The only blot on this exemplary tableau of millennial domesticity is the unmistakable smell.
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Oh yes, my friend - can't you see that it's millennial pink?
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
It is the perfect app for the millennial generation: fast, connected, superficial.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The experience was multisensory; an ambrosia of millennial nostalgia.