geographic

adjective

geo·​graph·​ic ˌjē-ə-ˈgra-fik 

variants or geographical

ˌjē-ə-ˈgra-fi-kəl 

1

: of or relating to geography

2

: belonging to or characteristic of a particular region

the geographic features of Ohio

geographically

ˌjē-ə-ˈgra-fi-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

Examples of geographic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Expand the Arkansas Health Survey into THRIVE RADAR, an interactive rural health dashboard covering providers, telehealth, service gaps, workforce, broadband, transportation, health indicators, and geographic mapping. — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026

Expanding the geographic scope of the war Tehran could also target locations farther afield with its missiles. — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026

Unrivaled, the 3×3 women’s professional basketball league, has completed an oversubscribed Series C fundraise at a value of $650 million, as the nearly three-year-old organization contemplates further geographic expansion. — Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 26 Aug. 2026

Social media users have copied and pasted a map of the geographic distribution of lactose tolerance originally published in the scientific journal Nature into racist chat threads on the online discussion forum 4chan. — Hilary Smith, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026

Word History

Etymology

see geography

First Known Use

1559, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for geographic

• angiographic
• choreographic
• chromatographic
• iconographic
• ideographic
• idiographic
• metallographic
• oceanographic
• physiographic
• polarographic
• radiographic
• roentgenographic