geographic

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/d͡ʒiəˈɡɹæfɪk/

adjective

Pertaining to geography (or to geographics).

Opposite
CommonScrabble 19

Meanings

adjectivegeographic (comparative more geographic, superlative most geographic)

comparative more geographic · superlative most geographic · alternative geographick

  1. Pertaining to geography (or to geographics).

    In his book, Polystate: A Thought Experiment in Distributed Government, Zach Weinersmith speculates about what governments would look like if they didn’t rule over geographic locations, but instead ruled over minds.

    2014 June 12, George Dvorsky, “12 Futuristic Forms of Government That Could One Day Rule the World”, in Gizmodo
    1 more example

    The player is free to create their own narrative within a much larger set of possible designed narrative options, or, given the geographic and dialogical openness of Morrowind, to refuse the creation of any narrative but their own and wander aimlessly through the game.

    2015, Angus Slater, “Prophecy, Pre-destination, and Free-form Gameplay: The Nerevarine Prophecy in Bethesda’s ‘Morrowind’”, in Online: Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet, volume 7, →DOI, page 175
  2. Determined by geography, as opposed to magnetic (i.e. North)

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveof or relating to the science of geography

adjectivedetermined by geography

Opposite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latingeōgraphicus
  2. Englishgeographic

From Latin geōgraphicus; see French géographique. By surface analysis, geography + -ic.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic جُغْرَافِيّ
  • جُغْرَافِيّ (juḡrāfiyy)pertaining to geography
Basque geografiko
  • geografikopertaining to geography
Bengali ভৌগোলিক
  • ভৌগোলিক (bhōugōlik)pertaining to geography
Bulgarian географски
  • географски (geografski)pertaining to geography
Catalan geogràfic
  • geogràficpertaining to geography
Chinese Mandarin 地理的
  • 地理的 (dìlǐ de)pertaining to geography
Czech geografický, zeměpisný
  • geografickýpertaining to geography
  • zeměpisnýpertaining to geography
Danish geografisk
  • geografiskpertaining to geography
Dutch geografisch, aardrijkskundig
  • geografischpertaining to geography
  • aardrijkskundigpertaining to geography
  • geografischdetermined by geography
Esperanto geografia
  • geografiapertaining to geography
Estonian geograafiline, maateaduslik
  • geograafilinepertaining to geography
  • maateaduslikpertaining to geography
Finnish maantieteellinen, maantieteellinen
  • maantieteellinenpertaining to geography
  • maantieteellinendetermined by geography
French géographique, géographique
  • géographiquepertaining to geography
  • géographiquedetermined by geography
German geografisch, geografisch
  • geografischpertaining to geography
  • geografischdetermined by geography
Greek γεωγραφικός
  • γεωγραφικός (geografikós)pertaining to geography
Hebrew גאוגרפי
  • גאוגרפי (geo'grafi)pertaining to geography
Hindi भौगोलिक
  • भौगोलिक (bhaugolik)pertaining to geography
Hungarian földrajzi
  • földrajzipertaining to geography
Icelandic landfræðilegur
  • landfræðilegurpertaining to geography
Indonesian geografis
  • geografispertaining to geography
Irish tíreolaíoch, geografach
  • tíreolaíochpertaining to geography
  • geografachpertaining to geography
Italian geografico, geografico
  • geograficopertaining to geography
  • geograficodetermined by geography
Japanese 地理的
  • 地理的 (chiriteki)pertaining to geography
Korean 지리학의
  • 지리학의 (jirihagui)pertaining to geography
Latvian ģeogrāfisks
  • ģeogrāfiskspertaining to geography
Lithuanian geografinis
  • geografinispertaining to geography
Malay geografi
  • geografipertaining to geography
Norwegian Bokmål geografisk
  • geografiskpertaining to geography
Persian جغرافیایی
  • جغرافیایی (joġrâfiyâyi)pertaining to geography
Polish geograficzny, geograficzny
  • geograficznypertaining to geography
  • geograficznydetermined by geography
Portuguese geográfico
  • geográficopertaining to geography
Romanian geografic
  • geograficpertaining to geography
Russian географи́ческий, географи́ческий
  • географи́ческий (geografíčeskij)pertaining to geography
  • географи́ческий (geografíčeskij)determined by geography
Scottish Gaelic cruinn-eòlach
  • cruinn-eòlachpertaining to geography
Slovak zemepisný
  • zemepisnýpertaining to geography
Spanish geográfico
  • geográficopertaining to geography
Swahili kijiografia
  • kijiografiapertaining to geography
Swedish geografisk
  • geografiskpertaining to geography
Tagalog taladutaanin
  • taladutaaninpertaining to geography
Thai เกี่ยวกับภูมิศาสตร์
  • เกี่ยวกับภูมิศาสตร์ (giào gàp po mí sàat)pertaining to geography
Turkish coğrafi
  • coğrafipertaining to geography
Ukrainian географі́чний
  • географі́чний (heohrafíčnyj)pertaining to geography
Urdu جغرافیائی
  • جغرافیائی (juḡrāfiyā'ī)pertaining to geography
Vietnamese địa lý
  • địa lýpertaining to geography
Welsh daearyddol
  • daearyddolpertaining to geography
Yiddish געאָגראַפֿיש
  • געאָגראַפֿיש (geografish)pertaining to geography
Cite this entry
APA

geographic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geographic

MLA

“geographic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geographic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “geographic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geographic.

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