Synonyms of tropical

tropical

adjective

ˈträ-pi-kəl 

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
• low
• semitropical

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• polar
• temperate

2

as in metaphoric

expressing one thing in terms normally used for another

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• metaphoric
• figurative
• figural
• symbolic
• tropological
• extended
• allegorical
• emblematic
• veritable
• catachrestic
• euphemistic
• Aesopian
• nonliteral
• sylleptic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• literal
• nonfigurative
• nonmetaphorical
• nonsymbolic

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tropical

The sun had set, and at the center of the room a low table had been set up, with tropical flowers and a wooden cross. — Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

Those investors receive a conventional financial return, while the financing supports payments to tropical forest countries and Indigenous Peoples and local communities. — Marcene Mitchell, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026

In addition to Odalys, two tropical disturbances in the central and eastern Pacific are also being monitored. — ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026

While some species are named after scientists or explorers, the researchers named this one Leopardus tilcayo, preserving the moniker used by communities in the tropical cloud forests of the Andes Mountains in Bolivia where the animal lives. — Paola Flores, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026