Boston

[baw-stuhn, bos-tuhn] / ˈbɔ stən, ˈbɒs tən /

NOUN

capital of massachusetts

Synonyms

STRONG

Beantown

WEAK

Athens of America Cradle of Modern America Hub of the Universe Puritan City the City of Kind Hearts the Cradle of Liberty the Hub the Walking City

Example Sentences

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Hundreds of Boston residents were inoculated in a 1721 campaign by Mather and Dr. Zabdiel Boylston.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

During a Monday news conference, Johnson mentioned Clark, Aliyah Boston and Kelsey Mitchell among the team’s vets she’s looking forward to learning from.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

A new report by job site Glassdoor and housing site Redfin ranks Washington, D.C., as the top big city for new college grads this year, followed by Omaha, Neb., and Boston.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

These guardrails yield the following list of names: Nvidia, Microsoft, Adobe, software provider Workday, Intuit, maker of connectors Amphenol, medical device maker Boston Scientific, and Charles River Laboratories, a contract research organization for drug development.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Sookie and I stood, watching a story about a house fire outside Boston.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen