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

The horn shark is known to stay in one geographic area its whole life, including most of Southern California and Baja, Frable said. —Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025

Within a week of the demonstrations, Strike Eagles flew with the new weapon in a geographic combatant command’s area of responsibility. —Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025

Kate McKinnon has revealed she was diagnosed with geographic tongue. —Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025

Dua Lipa continued her tradition of performing geographic-minded covers during the singer’s visit to Chicago this weekend, bringing out Windy City native Chaka Khan on Friday before performing an Earth, Wind & Fire classic on Saturday. —Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2025

Word History

Etymology

see geography

First Known Use

1559, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for geographic

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