the tropics

plural noun

: the part of the world that is near the equator where the weather is very warm

Examples of the tropics in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Trouble in the tropics El Niño is a periodic climate cycle that features hotter-than-normal sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean. — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026

Most of the treatments that have proven popular over the past year-plus have pulled from the tropics, but a new iteration will look to the farm come October. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026

There is one area to watch in the tropics for possible development east of Bermuda. — Dave Warren, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026

In one species, the flips seemed almost instantaneous in the tropics as well as in higher latitudes. — Quanta Magazine, 11 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the tropics

• subtopics
• subtropics
• topics