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

The visual element of her storytelling evocatively portrays America’s vast desertscapes and cityscapes, while bringing the journey to palpable life for teenage readers. — Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026

Only the director is clearly visible, with co-director Szor serving as cinematographer along with an unnamed camera crew, capturing 24 difficult conversations in front of nighttime cityscapes that have the icy feel of a Michael Mann movie. — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

The modern cityscape of Tel Aviv, with its gleaming skyscrapers, its huge and well-lit residential buildings, looms over the picture, both as a haunting background and as telling cutaways. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026

From the streets of Milan to New York, the style set will fill cityscapes in search of 2027 trends and emerging names in fashion. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 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