# boomer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbymɑ/ · frequency rank #20,052

## Definitions
1. Something that makes a booming sound.
2. A device used to bind or tighten chain.
3. A nuclear ballistic missile submarine, SSBN.
4. A Eurasian bittern (subfamily Botaurinae spp.).
5. An adult male kangaroo.
6. A red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus).
7. A sewellel (Aplodontia rufa).
8. A player who prioritises economic development and securing resources (and therefore future production) over offence or defence.
9. Alternative letter-case form of Boomer (“Oklahoma settler”).
10. A transient worker who would move from boom town to boom town in search of temporary work.
11. A techno-optimist, in particular concerning artificial intelligence.

## Etymology
From boom + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **boxer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boomer-vs-boxer)
- **booze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boomer-vs-booze)
- **Boone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boomer-vs-boone)
- **booms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boomer-vs-booms)
- **bower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boomer-vs-bower)
- **boyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boomer-vs-boyer)
- **border** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boomer-vs-border)
- **bother** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boomer-vs-bother)
- **broker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boomer-vs-broker)
- **bowler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boomer-vs-bowler)
- **booted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boomer-vs-booted)
- **bummer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boomer-vs-bummer)
- **bowser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boomer-vs-bowser)
- **bowyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boomer-vs-bowyer)
- **boozer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boomer-vs-boozer)
- **Bremer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boomer-vs-bremer)
- **booster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boomer-vs-booster)
- **Boomers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boomer-vs-boomers)
- **boom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boom-vs-boomer)
- **Boer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boer-vs-boomer)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bboomer`, `bomer`, `bomoer`, `booemr`, `boomerr`, `boommer`, `boomre`, `obomer`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/boomer