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subtropical

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • rhymes with -ɒpɪkəl

1

adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to the regions of the Earth further from the equator than the tropical regions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having some characteristics of a tropical cyclone but also some characteristics of an extratropical cyclone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A subtropical plant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

of or relating to or characteristic of conditions in the subtropics

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • even near the equator vegetation at 5000 ft is subtropical rather than tropical

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: subtropic, semitropical, semitropic

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English tropic English -al English tropical English subtropical From sub- + tropical.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Crimean Tatar: subtropik — further from the equator than the tropical regions
  • Czech: subtropický — further from the equator than the tropical regions
  • Danish: subtropisk — further from the equator than the tropical regions
  • Dutch: subtropisch — further from the equator than the tropical regions
  • French: subtropical — further from the equator than the tropical regions
  • Galician: subtropical — further from the equator than the tropical regions
  • Georgian: სუბტროპიკული (subṭroṗiḳuli) — further from the equator than the tropical regions
  • German: subtropisch — further from the equator than the tropical regions
  • Hindi: उपोष्ण कटिबंध (upoṣṇa kaṭibandh) — further from the equator than the tropical regions
  • Irish: fo-theochriosach — further from the equator than the tropical regions
  • Irish: fothrópaiceach — further from the equator than the tropical regions
  • Italian: subtropicale — further from the equator than the tropical regions
  • Kazakh: субтропикалық (subtropikalyq) — further from the equator than the tropical regions
  • Kazakh: субтропиктік (subtropiktık) — further from the equator than the tropical regions
  • Macedonian: суптропски (suptropski) — further from the equator than the tropical regions
  • Manx: fo-hropickagh — further from the equator than the tropical regions
  • Norwegian Bokmål: subtropisk — further from the equator than the tropical regions
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: subtropisk — further from the equator than the tropical regions
  • Polish: podzwrotnikowy — further from the equator than the tropical regions
  • Polish: subtropikalny — further from the equator than the tropical regions
  • Portuguese: subtropical — further from the equator than the tropical regions
  • Romanian: subtropical — further from the equator than the tropical regions
  • Russian: субтропи́ческий (subtropíčeskij) — further from the equator than the tropical regions
Real reading context

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