GOTHIC as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • 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
   Synonym(s)
   • Gothic architecture (what does Gothic architecture mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Gothic is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • architectural style (what does architectural style mean?)
   • style of architecture (what does style of architecture mean?)
   • type of architecture (what does type of architecture mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • perpendicular (what does perpendicular mean?)
   • perpendicular style (what does perpendicular style mean?)
   • English-Gothic (what does English-Gothic mean?)
   • English-Gothic architecture (what does English-Gothic architecture mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries
   Synonym(s)
   • black letter (what does black letter mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Gothic is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • font (what does font mean?)
   • fount (what does fount mean?)
   • typeface (what does typeface mean?)
   • face (what does face mean?)
3. Meaning
   • 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
   Hypernyms(s) Gothic is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • East Germanic (what does East Germanic mean?)
   • East Germanic language (what does East Germanic language mean?)

GOTHIC as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque
   Usage Example(s)
   • gothic novels like `Frankenstein”
   Similar To
   • strange (what does strange mean?)
   • unusual (what does unusual mean?)
2. Meaning
   • as if belonging to the Middle Ages
   • old-fashioned and unenlightened
   Synonym(s)
   • mediaeval (what does mediaeval mean?)
   • medieval (what does medieval mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a medieval attitude toward dating
   Similar To
   • nonmodern (what does nonmodern mean?)
3. Meaning
   • of or relating to the Goths
   Usage Example(s)
   • Gothic migrations
   Pertainym(s)
   • Goth (what does Goth mean?)
4. Meaning
   • of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths
   Usage Example(s)
   • the Gothic Bible translation
   Pertainym(s)
   • Gothic (what does Gothic mean?)
5. Meaning
   • characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German
   Pertainym(s)
   • Gothic (what does Gothic mean?)
   • black letter (what does black letter mean?)