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

There’s no bad sightline in the space, from either the ground floor or upper level balcony, which looks out over a stage wreathed in pink neon and wood cutouts evoking the industrial cityscape outside. —Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026

Flare resistance is excellent, too, so take landscape and cityscape images or portraits with the sun in frame without worry. —Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 5 Mar. 2026

Learn more › Before cars and buses became ubiquitous features of the modern cityscape, many cities installed streetcars to shuttle residents from neighborhood to neighborhood. —Shoshi Parks, Popular Science, 4 Mar. 2026

The show is equal parts a fairy tale about the era’s cityscape and interiors. —Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 27 Feb. 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