Grep of noun tropical
tropical medicine
tropical pitcher plant
tropical prawn
tropical rain forest
tropical sore
tropical sprue
tropical year
tropical zone
Overview of adj tropical
The adj tropical has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (4) tropical, tropic -- (relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator); "tropical islands"; "tropical fruit")
2. tropical -- ((rhetoric) characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense)
3. tropical, tropic -- (of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics; "tropical weather")
Antonyms of adj tropical
3 senses of tropical
Sense 1
tropical, tropic
INDIRECT (VIA equatorial) -> polar
Sense 2
tropical
INDIRECT (VIA figurative) -> literal
Sense 3
tropical, tropic
INDIRECT (VIA hot) -> cold
Similarity of adj tropical
3 senses of tropical
Sense 1
tropical, tropic
=> equatorial (vs. polar)
Sense 2
tropical
=> figurative (vs. literal), nonliteral
Sense 3
tropical, tropic
=> hot (vs. cold)
Attributes of adj tropical
Familiarity of adj tropical
tropical used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3)
Grep of adj tropical
allotropical
nontropical
pantropical
semitropical
subtropical
tropical
Overview of adj tropical
The adj tropical has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (4) tropical, tropic -- (relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator); "tropical islands"; "tropical fruit")
2. tropical -- ((rhetoric) characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense)
3. tropical, tropic -- (of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics; "tropical weather")
tropical definition
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