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sub-tropical

sub-tropical is the alternative form of subtropical.

Meaning of subtropical

Adjective

subtropical (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the regions of the Earth further from the equator than the tropical regions.
  2. Having some characteristics of a tropical cyclone but also some characteristics of an extratropical cyclone.

See all 3 meanings of subtropical

Forms of sub-tropical

pluralsub-tropicals

Questions about sub-tropical

What is sub-tropical the alternative form of?
Sub-tropical is the alternative form of subtropical.

Words near sub-tropical in the dictionary

  1. sub-tenants
  2. sub-test
  3. sub-theme
  4. sub-themes
  5. sub-titler
  6. sub-tropical
  7. sub-tropicals
  8. sub-zero
  9. sub.
  10. sub4sub
  11. Suba

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sub-tropical (page history and authors); subtropical (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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