skyscraper

noun

sky·​scrap·​er ˈskī-ˌskrā-pər 

: a very tall building

Examples of skyscraper in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But the reason this man is the biggest skyscraper in the New York Yankees skyline is about more than his size. — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

On Sunday morning, great clouds covered the tops of the city’s tallest skyscrapers, but the weather cleared up while the mother and daughter cruised together as participants in Bike the Drive. — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

How can children manage recurring memories of planes taking down the skyscrapers that defined their childhood landscape? — Dr. Victor Fornari, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026

On September 11, 2001, both Fox News Channel personalities were working on air as news organizations throughout the New York area were trying to cover devastating attacks by terrorists on the two massive skyscrapers at the World Trade Center. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for skyscraper

• newspaper
• notepaper
• sandpaper
• wallpaper
• wastepaper
• caper
• paper
• raper
• scraper
• shaper
• taper
• vapor

Kids Definition

skyscraper

noun

sky·​scrap·​er ˈskī-ˌskrā-pər 

: a very tall building