Synonyms of boulevard
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the city is celebrated for its broad, tree-lined boulevards
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The overall scale and architecture of the resort—vast public areas, wide corridors, and internal boulevards—help with navigation for wheelchair users.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2026
Noir laid her easel and 4-by-5-foot linen canvas against a boulevard tree and started painting a portrait of Good wearing the strapless red dress from her maternity photoshoot, her blonde hair blowing in the wind.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
Few cities in the world exude as much elegance as Paris, where every boulevard seems to have a story and every building appears a work of art.
—Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 23 Jan. 2026
On a recent January evening, throngs of Iranian protesters filed up wide boulevards spanning the northeastern city of Mashhad.
—Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2026
Noir laid her easel and 4-by-5-foot linen canvas against a boulevard tree and started painting a portrait of Good wearing the strapless red dress from her maternity photoshoot, her blonde hair blowing in the wind.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
Few cities in the world exude as much elegance as Paris, where every boulevard seems to have a story and every building appears a work of art.
—Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 23 Jan. 2026
On a recent January evening, throngs of Iranian protesters filed up wide boulevards spanning the northeastern city of Mashhad.
—Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for boulevard
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“Boulevard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boulevard. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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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
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