soundscape

noun

sound·​scape ˈsau̇n(d)-ˌskāp 

: a mélange of musical and sometimes nonmusical sounds

Examples of soundscape in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Street Scriptures highlights themes and messaging that there’s a sacredness in everyday experience, understanding that performance is also a form of preaching, and that soundscapes can be sites for revelation. —Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 21 Nov. 2025

The Willowave app serves as a companion that users can fold into daily activity, offering personalized soundscapes that support focus, calm, or emotional reset. —Matt Emma, USA Today, 20 Nov. 2025

The sound system was pristine, red lasers sliced through the haze, and the DJ created a down-tempo soundscape that reminded me of Berlin. —Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 16 Nov. 2025

The shoegaze, trip-hop, and atmospheric rock show created and hosted by Darren Revell is known for shaping Detroit's alternative soundscape in the 1990s and early 2000s, according to a news release from WDET. —Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 16 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for soundscape

• agape
• escape
• landscape
• lenape
• reshape
• seascape
• ape
• cape
• crape
• crepe
• drape
• gape