Intergenerational
adj.kind, joyfulprofessional
What it means
Involving or connecting people from different generations.
Reach for it when praising exchange across age groups when participation is genuinely mutual
The intergenerational workshop paired retired machinists with secondary-school students.
Choose between these
6- playful
all-ages
an event welcomes people regardless of age
not when All-ages says nothing about whether generations learn or work together.
- everyday
cross-generational
a relationship or appeal spans age groups
not when Cross-generational can describe broad reach without direct interaction.
- warm
family-spanning
several family generations share the experience
not when Family-spanning excludes unrelated people and sounds informal.
- professional
age-diverse
participants represent a meaningful range of ages
not when Age diversity is composition, not an intergenerational relationship.
- professional
several generations are present within a family, place, or group
not when Multigenerational does not require exchange between those generations.
- literary
legacy-building
knowledge or value is deliberately carried forward
not when Legacy-building can be one-way and overly grand for ordinary exchange.
Said against
3- age-segregated
- single-generation
- generationally isolated
It naturally appears in
3- intergenerational learning
Intergenerational learning let both groups exchange technical and local knowledge.
- intergenerational project
The intergenerational project recorded songs remembered at different ages.
- intergenerational dialogue
Intergenerational dialogue challenged easy assumptions about technology use.
Where this comes from
- Merriam-Webster, adjective sense 1: existing or occurring between generations opens in a new tab · retrieved 2026-07-26
The definition and the example on this page are written here. The dictionaries above ground which meaning is being described, not the wording.