tropical

Questions about tropical

What does tropical mean?

tropical means "relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tropical?

tropical has 3 syllables: tro-pi-cal. The stress falls on "tro". In IPA it is /ˈtɹɑpɪkəl/.

What is another word for tropical?

Close synonyms include tropic, tropic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tropical a common word?

tropical is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with tropical?

1 word rhymes with tropical. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.