tropical

/tɹˈɑpɪkəl/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)
   “tropical islands”
2. of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic
   “tropical year”
3. characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense
4. of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics
   “tropical weather”

Synonyms for tropical

• tropic
• equatorial
• figurative
• hot

Words that rhyme with tropical

• semitropical