tropical
adjective
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)
tropical islands
Related & opposite
- Torrid Zone derivation
- tropic derivation
- equatorial similar to
Sense 2 adjective
of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic
tropical year
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Sense 3 adjective
characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense
Related & opposite
- trope derivation
- rhetoric domain topic
- figurative similar to
Sense 4 adjective
of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics
tropical weather
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | Torrid Zone |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tropic |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | equatorial |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tropic |
| 2 | pertains to | Related & opposite | tropic |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | trope |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | rhetoric |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | figurative |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | tropic |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | hot |