Skyscraper

//ˈskaɪˌskɹeɪpɚ//

Synonyms for "skyscraper" (87 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (18)

Strong matches (26)

Related words (43)

Related word relations

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12 relation types

More general

2 entries

More specific

4 entries

at location

9 entries

coordinate

9 entries

derived

4 entries

derived from

2 entries

has a

2 entries

is a

10 entries

made of

1 entries

receives action

1 entries

related to

16 entries

used for

11 entries

Translations

115 translations across 90 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • wolkekrabber noun (tall building)

Albanian

2 entries
  • qiellgërvishtës noun (tall building)
  • rrokaqiell noun (tall building)

Arabic

1 entries
  • نَاطِحَة سَحَاب noun (tall building)

Armenian

1 entries
  • երկնաքեր noun (tall building)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • göydələn noun (tall building)

Basque

1 entries
  • etxeorratz noun (tall building)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • небася́г noun (tall building)

Bengali

2 entries
  • আকাশঝাড়ু noun (tall building)
  • গগনচুম্বী noun (tall building)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • небостърга́ч noun (tall building)

Burmese

1 entries
  • မိုးမျှော်တိုက် noun (tall building)

Catalan

1 entries
  • gratacel noun (tall building)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 摩天樓 /摩天楼 noun (tall building)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 摩天大樓 /摩天大楼 noun (tall building)
  • 摩天樓 /摩天楼 noun (tall building)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • kökteşken noun (tall building)

Czech

1 entries
  • mrakodrap noun (tall building)

Danish

1 entries
  • skyskraber noun (tall building)

Dutch

1 entries
  • wolkenkrabber noun (tall building)

Elfdalian

1 entries
  • stjyskrapu noun (tall building)

Erzya

1 entries
  • менельтокиця noun (tall building)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • nubskrapulo noun (tall building)

Estonian

1 entries
  • pilvelõhkuja noun (tall building)

Faroese

1 entries
  • háhús noun (tall building)

Finnish

1 entries
  • pilvenpiirtäjä noun (tall building)

French

1 entries
  • gratte-ciel noun (tall building)

Galician

1 entries
  • rañaceos noun (tall building)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ცათამბჯენი noun (tall building)

German

2 entries
  • Hochhaus noun (tall building)
  • Wolkenkratzer noun (tall building)

Greek

1 entries
  • ουρανοξύστης noun (tall building)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • skyskraberi noun (tall building)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • ગગનચુંબી noun (tall building)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • gratsyèl noun (tall building)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • גּוֹרֵד־שְׁחָקִים noun (tall building)

Hindi

2 entries
  • गगनचुंबी इमारत noun (tall building)
  • गगनचुम्बी इमारत noun (tall building)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • csúcsvitorla noun (sail)
  • felhőkarcoló noun (tall building)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • skýjakljúfur noun (tall building)

Ido

1 entries
  • cieloskrapero noun (tall building)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • pencakar langit noun (tall building)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • آسْمانخَراش noun (tall building)

Irish

2 entries
  • ilstórach noun (tall building)
  • teach spéire noun (tall building)

Italian

1 entries
  • grattacielo noun (tall building)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 摩天楼 noun (tall building)
  • 超高層ビル noun (tall building)

Javanese

1 entries
  • pencakar langit noun (tall building)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಗಗನಚುಂಬಿ noun (tall building)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • көктіреген noun (tall building)

Korean

2 entries
  • 마천루 noun (tall building)
  • 초고층 건물 noun (tall building)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • небоскрёб noun (tall building)

Latin

1 entries
  • caeliscalpium noun (tall building)

Latvian

1 entries
  • debesskrāpis noun (tall building)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • dangoraižis noun (tall building)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Wollekekrazert noun (tall building)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • облакоде́р noun (tall building)

Malay

1 entries
  • pencakar langit noun (tall building)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • അംബരച്ചുംബി noun (tall building)

Maltese

1 entries
  • skajskrejper noun (tall building)

Marathi

1 entries
  • गगनचुंबी noun (tall building)

Māori

1 entries
  • whare tīkoke noun (tall building)

Nepali

1 entries
  • गगनचुम्बी भवन noun (tall building)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • balexane noun (tall building)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • skyskraper noun (tall building)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • skyskrapar noun (tall building)

Occitan

1 entries
  • gratacèl noun (tall building)

Pashto

1 entries
  • ستورڅک noun (tall building)

Piedmontese

1 entries
  • gratacel noun (tall building)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Wolkjenkrauza noun (tall building)

Polish

4 entries
  • drapacz noun (tall building)
  • drapacz chmur noun (tall building)
  • trójkątny żagiel masztowy noun (sail)
  • wieżowiec noun (tall building)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • arranha-céus noun (tall building)

Romanian

2 entries
  • building noun (tall building)
  • zgârie-nori noun (tall building)

Romansch

1 entries
  • sgrattatschiel noun (tall building)

Russian

1 entries
  • небоскрёб noun (tall building)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • nȅbodēr noun (tall building)
  • oblakoder noun (tall building)
  • solìtēr noun (tall building)
  • не̏боде̄р noun (tall building)

Slovak

1 entries
  • mrakodrap noun (tall building)

Slovene

1 entries
  • nebotičnik noun (tall building)

Spanish

2 entries
  • rascacielos noun (tall building)
  • torre noun (tall building)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kikunawingu noun (tall building)

Swedish

1 entries
  • skyskrapa noun (tall building)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kayudlangit noun (tall building)

Tajik

1 entries
  • осмонхарош noun (tall building)

Tamil

2 entries
  • உயரமான கட்டிடத்தை noun (tall building)
  • வானளாவி noun (tall building)

Tatar

1 entries
  • күктерәү noun (tall building)

Telugu

1 entries
  • ఆకాశసౌధము noun (tall building)

Thai

1 entries
  • ตึกระฟ้า noun (tall building)

Turkish

1 entries
  • gökdelen noun (tall building)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • хмарочо́с noun (tall building)

Urdu

2 entries
  • فَلَک بوس عِمارَت noun (tall building)
  • کَثِیر اُلْمَنازِل عِمارَت noun (tall building)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • osmonoʻpar noun (tall building)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • nhà chọc trời noun (tall building)

Welsh

3 entries
  • cwmwlgrafwr noun (tall building)
  • entrychdy noun (tall building)
  • nendwr noun (tall building)

West-Frisian

2 entries
  • wolkekliuwer noun (tall building)
  • wolkekrabber noun (tall building)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • סקייסקרייפּער noun (tall building)

Yoruba

2 entries
  • ilé gogoro noun (tall building)
  • ilé àwòṣífìlà noun (tall building)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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The elevators in a skyscraper are vital systems.

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The skyscraper rose above the other buildings around.

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Before the arrival of this skyscraper, all the buildings in the city stood in special relationship to each other.

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The law forbids the building of any skyscraper on this land.

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