Word Type

Noun

The word "skyscraper" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

big city chicago city large city manhattan metropolis middle of city new york city tall ship

Coordinate Terms

high rise high-rise highrise low rise low-rise lowrise mid rise mid-rise midrise

Derived Terms

scraper skyscraper heel skyscraperland skyscraperless

Derived From

scraper sky

Has Part

several stories steel frame

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

building edifice

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

megatall plain tall supertall tall

Type Of (IsA)

building extremely tall man made structure fixed freestanding structure homemade object large building multilevel building office building tall building tower type of

Made Of

steel

Receives Action

torn down

Related Terms

big big cities building cities high high building many stories sky stories tall tall building tallest tallest building very very tall windows

Used For

architects and engineers to design cities elevators making offices use less groundspace more offices in less ground area office space residences saving space shops showing off how tall urban areas

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.