Meaning & use
zoomer
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Meanings
nouncountableinformal
A member of Generation Z, the generation born roughly between the late 1990s and early 2010s.
Grammar: Refers to a person: a zoomer, many zoomers.
Patterns
- a zoomer who something
My cousin is a zoomer, so she has never known a world without smartphones.
The brand is hiring a zoomer to run its social media.
Many zoomers prefer short videos to long articles.
nouncountablerare
A person or thing that zooms, such as a fast vehicle, or someone who uses a camera zoom or a video call.
Grammar: Rare; usually describes a device or a person who zooms.
The sports car is a real zoomer on an open road.
The photographer was a keen zoomer, always filling the frame with a distant subject.
Our team is made up of daily zoomers who work from home.
Word forms
| plural | zoomers |
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Common combinations
- young zoomer
- The young zoomer set up the whole system in minutes.
- zoomers and millennials
- Zoomers and millennials both use the app.
- zoomer humor
- Zoomer humor can be hard for older people to follow.
- zoomer slang
- Zoomer slang changes quickly.
- typical zoomer
- He is a typical zoomer who texts instead of calling.
Synonyms and how they differ
- Gen Zer
- Gen Zer is the same idea but sounds more neutral and is more common in news writing.
- young person
- Young person is a general term with no reference to any generation, while zoomer names a specific birth period.
- digital native
- Digital native stresses growing up with technology and can include people from other generations.
Opposites
Word family
- Generation Z noun
- the generation zoomer refers to
- boomer noun
- a member of the baby boom generation
- millennial noun
- a member of the generation born before Generation Z
- zoom verb
- to move or change view very quickly
Commonly confused: zoomer or zoomer vs. boomer?
zoomer vs zoomer vs. boomer
A zoomer is from Generation Z, while a boomer belongs to the older baby boom generation.
Practice
My little sister is a ___, so she grew up with tablets and streaming everywhere.
Choose one answer.
A zoomer is a member of Generation Z, who grew up with digital technology. A boomer belongs to an older generation, and pioneer and veteran do not refer to generations.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “zoomer”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.