Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

boulder

[bohl-der] / ˈboʊl dər /
NOUN
megalith
Synonyms






Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

"It was just timing. The boulder that actually took Jack, it could have gone in a week's time, a year's time - it just happened to go then and there."

From BBC May 26, 2026

Larger incoming objects, such as boulder sized rocks that create especially bright flashes, are known as bolides or fireballs.

From Science Daily May 14, 2026

"It's not a piece of dust, but it's not a meter-size boulder, either."

From Barron's Apr. 8, 2026

Like any sensible American trying to move a boulder up a hill, he has lawyers on call.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 6, 2026

She wanted to jump over the boulder and slash the monsters to dust with her knife...except she didn’t have it anymore.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

It will use one of its ships to drop boulders onto the seabed creating physical barriers to restrict access.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

Photos and a video Aiello provided show bladed wire snaking around the decomposing animal’s neck and curved horns, as well as the front legs, in a desert landscape dotted with boulders.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2026

Stream engineering aims to improve habitats and water flow, for example by building dams or placing boulders in a stream, and these efforts have cost hundreds of millions of dollars over the years.

From Slate Apr. 28, 2026

I grew up in Albuquerque, N.M., where my family lived in a one-story, brown-stucco house that had mostly boulders and dirt in the backyard.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 24, 2026

The men knew it was only a matter of time before the force of the water would dislodge the boats, sending them downriver and smashing them to pieces on the edges of jagged boulders.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple




Vocabulary lists containing boulder


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training