| Noun | 1. | Gothic - 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 | |
| 2. | Gothic - a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries | |
| 3. | Gothic - 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 | |
| Adj. | 1. | Gothic - characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German | |
| 2. | Gothic - of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths; "the Gothic Bible translation" | |
| 3. | Gothic - of or relating to the Goths; "Gothic migrations" | |
| 4. | gothic - as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened; "a medieval attitude toward dating"nonmodern - not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time | |
| 5. | gothic - characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque; "gothic novels like `Frankenstein'"literature - creative writing of recognized artistic value strange, unusual - being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has" | |