Top synonyms for “gothic”: black letter, gothic architecture, mediaeval, medieval, nonmodern, strange, unusual.
Definitions
- (noun)a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches
- (noun)a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries
- (noun)extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths; the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the Bible by Bishop Ulfilas
- (adjective)characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque“gothic novels like `Frankenstein'”
- (adjective)as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened“a medieval attitude toward dating”
- (adjective)of or relating to the Goths“Gothic migrations”
- (adjective)of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths“the Gothic Bible translation”
- (adjective)characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German
Definitions sourced from Princeton WordNet (BSD license).
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Common synonyms for "gothic" include black letter, gothic architecture, mediaeval, medieval, nonmodern, strange. Our thesaurus lists 7 total alternatives drawn from Princeton WordNet. Click any synonym to find its rhymes.
What does "gothic" mean?
a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches
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