Synonyms of tropical

tropical

adjective

1

as in subtropical

being near the equator

wanted to escape winter and visit some tropical location where freezing to death would not be a possibility

Synonyms & Similar Words

• subtropical
• equatorial
• subtropic
• low
• semitropical
• semitropic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• polar
• temperate

2

as in metaphorical

expressing one thing in terms normally used for another

an author given to high-flown tropical phrasings and convoluted symbology

Synonyms & Similar Words

• metaphorical
• metaphoric
• figurative
• figural
• symbolic
• symbolical
• tropological
• extended
• emblematical
• allegorical
• emblematic
• Aesopic
• catachrestical
• veritable
• catachrestic
• euphemistic
• Aesopian
• nonliteral
• sylleptic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• literal
• nonfigurative
• nonmetaphorical
• nonsymbolic