Definition: of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics
Usage: tropical weather
Similar words: hot
Definition: used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
Usage: hot stove; hot water; a hot August day; a hot stuffy room; she's hot and tired; a hot forehead
Synonyms: tropical
Definition: characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense
Similar words: nonliteral, figurative
Definition: (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech
Usage: figurative language
Definition: relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)
Usage: tropical islands; tropical fruit
Similar words: equatorial
Definition: of or existing at or near the geographic equator
Usage: equatorial Africa