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 city of London is back in action, its famous gray clouds have returned to the city’s skyline for fall coinciding with the London Design Festival and London Fashion Week this month and Frieze Week in October. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Spider-Man swings across the skyline, saves the city and disappears before anyone can ask him to explain himself. — Nicole Dubois, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Battersea Power Station will be a major draw for show-goers, given its heritage and importance to the London skyline. — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

The structure is essentially a 'village' of nine exhibition pavilions integrated with courtyards, and connected by a corridor covered by a distinctive ribbon-like roof that defines the Suzhou Industrial Park skyline. — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 21 Sep. 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