Word Type

Adjective

Adjective

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "gothic" can be used as adjective, adjective, noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Coordinate Terms

Baroque Romanesque industrial post-punk punk

Derived Terms

Crimean Gothic Mesogothic Moesogothic Suio-Gothic Visigothic cybergothic goth gothic rock gothically gothicky neo-Gothic neogothic

Derived From

goth

Context

literature typography

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

East Germanic East Germanic language architectural style case face font fount style of architecture type of architecture typeface

Type Of (IsA)

architectural style east germanic font insect video game

Related Terms

Wiktionary’s coverage of Gothic terms

Related Terms

architecture black letter dark ages desolate fiction germanic goth gothic revival grotesque language lifestyle macabre mysterious novel sans serif subculture typeface violent

Similar Terms

nonmodern strange strange unusual

Synonym Network

mediaeval

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