Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tropics

1 sense of tropics

Sense 1
Torrid Zone, tropical zone, tropics -- (the part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by a hot climate)
       INSTANCE OF=> climatic zone -- (any of the geographical zones loosely divided according to prevailing climate and latitude)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tropic

1 sense of tropic

Sense 1
tropic -- (either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics)
       => latitude, line of latitude, parallel of latitude, parallel -- (an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator)