cityscape

noun

city·​scape ˈsi-tē-ˌskāp 

1

: a city viewed as a scene

2

: an artistic representation of a city

3

: an urban environment

a cityscape cluttered with factories

Examples of cityscape in a Sentence

The cityscape is cluttered with factories.

a photographer who does mostly cityscapes

Recent Examples on the Web

Northern Lights illuminate the night sky with vivid purple and green hues above a distant cityscape following a strong solar storm coinciding with the spring equinox in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States, on March 20, 2026. — Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026

The second stop is the Wilshire/La Cienega Station where artist Soo Kim's cityscape stretches across the platform walls. — Alys Martinez, CBS News, 9 June 2026

Art is hung and displayed all along the building’s perimeter, facing windows open to the cityscape, and in numerous small interior galleries. — Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 4 June 2026

The palette is warm and serene—lots of creams, teals, eggplants, and great windows looking out on the surrounding cityscape. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for cityscape

• agape
• escape
• landscape
• lenape
• reshape
• seascape
• soundscape
• ape
• cape
• crape
• crepe
• drape