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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Apogee, which is based near Boston, is betting that the drug, zumilokibart, is a better version of Dupixent.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 20, 2026

Cora was the manager under Dombrowski when Boston won the World Series in 2018, and the Phillies pursued him aggressively.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2026

One achievement that nobody can take away from his legacy, however, is his hand in creating one of the most welcoming spaces in TV history: the Boston bar where everybody knows your name.

From Salon • Jun. 20, 2026

Tens of thousands of members of the Tartan Army will also be watching the action in Boston.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

For four months of the year he attended to patients in Boston at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and lived as a bachelor in a grubby church rectory in a poor neighborhood called Roxbury.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French