boulevard

noun

bou·​le·​vard ˈbu̇-lə-ˌvärd 

ˈbü-,

 also  ˈbə-

: a broad often landscaped thoroughfare

Synonyms

• arterial
• artery
• avenue
• carriageway [British]
• drag
• drive
• expressway
• freeway
• high road
• highway
• pass
• pike
• road
• roadway
• route
• row
• street
• thoroughfare
• thruway
• trace
• turnpike
• way

Examples of boulevard in a Sentence

the city is celebrated for its broad, tree-lined boulevards

Recent Examples on the Web

The roadway will become a boulevard similar to national park roads, Botich said. —Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025

The Santa Monica Pier, specifically north of Pico and south of Wilshire boulevards, is Los Angeles County’s only beach to make Heal the Bay’s list. —Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025

With one entrance at La Rambla, a wide boulevard running through the heart of the city center, this is a popular place for lunch or a light snack at one of its many bars. —Jennifer Fernández Solano, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025

Deputies responded around 8 p.m. to a report of a stabbing in the 4000 block of Howard Street, near the intersection of Fair Oaks and Sunrise boulevards. —Sacbee.com, 20 May 2025

Word History

Etymology

French, modification of Middle Dutch bolwerc bulwark

First Known Use

1763, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for boulevard

• bodyguard
• disregard
• asgard
• backyard
• barnyard
• blackguard
• bombard
• brickyard
• canard
• churchyard
• coastguard
• courtyard

Kids Definition

boulevard

noun

bou·​le·​vard ˈbu̇l-ə-ˌvärd 

ˈbül-

: a wide avenue often having grass strips with trees along its center or sides

Etymology

from French boulevard "walkway lined with trees," derived from early Dutch bolwerc "bulwark, rampart"; so called because the earliest boulevards were at sites of razed fortifications — related to bulwark