- tropical, tropic - relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator); "tropical islands"; "tropical fruit"
Antonym: polar (indirect, via equatorial)
- tropical - of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic; "tropical year"
- tropical - characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense
Antonym: literal (indirect, via figurative)
- tropical, tropic - of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics; "tropical weather"
Antonym: cold (indirect, via hot)
- tropical - characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense