Definition and Synonyms for Tropical

Definition of Tropical

1. Of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic Adjective
2. Relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator) Adjective Satellite
3. Characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense Adjective Satellite
4. Of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics Adjective Satellite

tropic
Noun
pertainym
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1. either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics
trope
Noun
derivation
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1. language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
tropic
Noun
derivation
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1. either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics
2. either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics
3. either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics

Etymology for tropical