skyline

noun

sky·​line ˈskī-ˌlīn 

1

: the apparent juncture of earth and sky : horizon

2

: an outline (as of buildings or a mountain range) against the background of the sky

Examples of skyline in a Sentence

the New York City skyline

Recent Examples on the Web

The five-star hotel towers over Havana’s skyline of dilapidated homes. —New York Times, 16 May 2026

All have king beds and floor-to-ceiling windows that open either toward the skyline or the green expanse of Chapultepec. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026

At the sound of morning prayers, an older Clarissa awakens from this dream and shuffles out to her lawn, where the leafy bush has been replaced with the industrial skyline of Lagos. —Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026

Clad in concrete and dotted with rectangular windows, the building now known as Tower Square has been a fixture of Atlanta’s skyline for decades. —Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 15 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1815, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for skyline

• affine
• airline
• align
• aline
• assign
• baseline
• beamline
• benign
• bloodline
• bovine
• brucine
• byline

Kids Definition

skyline

noun

sky·​line -ˌlīn 

1

: the line where earth and sky or water and sky seem to meet : horizon

2

: an outline (as of buildings or mountains) against the sky