Tropical

//ˈtɹɒp.ɪ.kəl//

Synonyms for "tropical" (37 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (8)

equatorial hot aestival blood-hot blood-warm calid figurative genial

Strong matches (11)

luke lukewarm megathermal mild room temperature room-temperature scorching subtropical

Adjective(3 words)

megathermal moist muggy

Related words (18)

sultry summery sunny sunshiny sweltering temperate tepid thermal thermic toasty torrid tropic typhoon unfrozen warm warm as toast warmish

Adjective(1 words)

tropic

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

derived

58 entries

Afrotropical amphitropical antitropical boreotropical circumtropical ex-tropical cyclone extratropical intertropical intratropical isotropical juxtatropical neotropical non-tropical non-tropical sprue palaeotropical paleotropical

Showing 16 of 58 words.

derived from

2 entries

trope tropic

has context

2 entries

maths rhetoric

related to

10 entries

degrees equatorial figurative humid metaphorical pertaining region trope tropical geometry tropics

similar

7 entries

equatorial figurative hot nonliteral

Translations

76 translations across 41 languages.

Arabic

2 entries

مَدَارِيّ adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
مَدَارِيّ adj (from or similar to a hot humid climate)

Armenian

1 entries

արևադարձային adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)

Bengali

2 entries

গ্রীষ্মমণ্ডলীয় adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
গ্রীষ্মমণ্ডলীয় adj (from or similar to a hot humid climate)

Bulgarian

1 entries

тропически adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)

Catalan

2 entries

tropical adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
tropical adj (from or similar to a hot humid climate)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

回歸線 /回归线 adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
熱帶 /热带 adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
熱帶 /热带 adj (from or similar to a hot humid climate)

Czech

2 entries

tropický adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
tropický adj (from or similar to a hot humid climate)

Danish

2 entries

tropisk adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
tropisk adj (from or similar to a hot humid climate)

Finnish

2 entries

trooppinen adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
trooppinen adj (from or similar to a hot humid climate)

French

2 entries

tropical adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
tropical adj (from or similar to a hot humid climate)

Friulian

1 entries

tropicâl adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)

Galician

1 entries

tropical adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)

German

2 entries

tropisch adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
tropisch adj (from or similar to a hot humid climate)

Greek

2 entries

τροπικός adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
τροπικός adj (from or similar to a hot humid climate)

Gujarati

1 entries

ઉષ્ણકટિબંધીય adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)

Hebrew

1 entries

טְרוֹפִּי adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)

Hindi

2 entries

उष्णकटिबंधीय adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
उष्णकटिबंधीय adj (from or similar to a hot humid climate)

Hungarian

4 entries

tropikus adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
tropikus adj (from or similar to a hot humid climate)
trópusi adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
trópusi adj (from or similar to a hot humid climate)

Icelandic

1 entries

hitabeltis adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)

Indonesian

1 entries

tropis adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)

Ingrian

2 entries

tropiceskoi adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
tropiceskoi adj (from or similar to a hot humid climate)

Irish

4 entries

teochriosach adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
teochriosach adj (from or similar to a hot humid climate)
trópaiceach adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
trópaiceach adj (from or similar to a hot humid climate)

Italian

2 entries

tropicale adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
tropicale adj (from or similar to a hot humid climate)

Japanese

3 entries

回帰線 adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
熱帯 adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
熱帯 adj (from or similar to a hot humid climate)

Kazakh

3 entries

тропикалық adj (from or similar to a hot humid climate)
тропиктік adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
тропиктік adj (from or similar to a hot humid climate)

Korean

2 entries

열대 adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
열대 adj (from or similar to a hot humid climate)

Macedonian

2 entries

тро́пски adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
тро́пски adj (from or similar to a hot humid climate)

Māori

2 entries

pārūrū adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
pārūrū adj (from or similar to a hot humid climate)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

tropisk adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

tropisk adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)

Polish

4 entries

tropikalny adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
tropikalny adj (from or similar to a hot humid climate)
zwrotnikowy adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
roślina tropikalna noun (tropical plant)

Portuguese

2 entries

tropical adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
tropical adj (from or similar to a hot humid climate)

Romanian

2 entries

tropical adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
tropical adj (from or similar to a hot humid climate)

Russian

2 entries

тропи́ческий adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
тропи́ческий adj (from or similar to a hot humid climate)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

tropaigeach adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
tropaigeach adj (from or similar to a hot humid climate)

Spanish

2 entries

tropical adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)
tropical adj (from or similar to a hot humid climate)

Swahili

1 entries

kitropiki adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)

Tagalog

1 entries

alindanga adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)

Turkish

1 entries

tropikal adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)

Vietnamese

1 entries

vùng nhiệt đới adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)

Welsh

1 entries

trofannol adj (of or pertaining to the tropics)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

What kinds of tropical drinks do you have?

Source: tatoeba (36770)

This kind of plant grows only in the tropical regions.

Source: tatoeba (58601)

That island has a tropical climate.

Source: tatoeba (67891)

A unique fossil of a tropical plant was found recently.

Source: tatoeba (243874)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.