next-generation
Improved successor version
Next-generation describes something that represents a significant advance over what currently exists, especially in technology: next-generation smartphones, next-generation nuclear reactors.
The term implies improved capabilities, newer design, or superior performance compared to predecessors.
Often hyphenated before a noun, though increasingly written as one word or two.
Creating something original
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- cutting-edgeAt innovation's forefront
- advancedFar along in development
- futuristicSuggestive of times ahead
emerging · state-of-the-art · pioneering · disruptive · revolutionary · 5G · AI · quantum
Forward movement or promotion
- improvementPositive change in quality
- progressionSequential forward movement
- leapSudden springing movement
- transformationThorough change in form
refinement · enhancement · iteration · update · version · upgrade · redesign · overhaul
One who receives legacy
- offspringBiological descendants produced
- descendantPerson from earlier generations
- progenyOne's biological descendants
- successorOne who replaces another
inheritor · youth · children · millennials · Gen-Z · posterity · legacy · lineage
Licensed business operation
- sequelContinuation of prior work
- rebootCycle power intentionally
- spinoffDerived work from original
- continuationAct of proceeding further
revival · reimagining · follow-up · installment · series · adaptation · prequel · crossover
innovation
Creating something original
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- cutting-edgeAt innovation's forefront
- advancedFar along in development
futuristic · emerging · state-of-the-art · pioneering · disruptive · revolutionary · 5G · AI · quantum · prototype
advancement
Forward movement or promotion
- improvementPositive change in quality
- progressionSequential forward movement
- leapSudden springing movement
transformation · refinement · enhancement · iteration · update · version · upgrade · redesign · overhaul · modernization
heir
One who receives legacy
- offspringBiological descendants produced
- descendantPerson from earlier generations
- progenyOne's biological descendants
successor · inheritor · youth · children · millennials · Gen-Z · posterity · legacy · lineage · future
franchise
Licensed business operation
continuation · revival · reimagining · follow-up · installment · series · adaptation · prequel · crossover · characters
- technologyelectronics, computing, computer, internet, social media
next-generationlegacy
What's passed down
outdated · obsolete · antiquated · old-school · outmoded
next-generationconventional
Following accepted practices
traditional · established · standard · mainstream · off-the-shelf
next-generationfirst-generation
Earliest iteration of something
original · predecessor · initial · founding · primordial
next, generation, generations, generational, generate, generated, generating, regenerate, regeneration