Defenition of the word continent

• Defenition of the word continent

  • A protuberance of the Earth's crustal shell, with an area of several million square miles and sufficient elevation so that much of it above sea level.
  • abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests"
  • having control over urination and defecation
  • the European mainland; "Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there"
  • one of the large landmasses of the earth; "there are seven continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"
  • the European mainland; "Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn''t like to live there"
  • the European mainland
  • one of the large landmasses of the earth
  • abstaining from sexual intercourse

Synonyms for the word continent

• • celibate
  • Continent

Similar words in the continent

• • chaste

Meronymys for the word continent

• • subcontinent

Hyponyms for the word continent

• • Africa
  • Antarctic continent
  • Antarctica
  • Asia
  • Australia
  • Eurasia
  • Europe
  • Gondwanaland
  • Laurasia
  • North America
  • Pangaea
  • Pangea
  • South America

Hypernyms for the word continent

• • Europe
  • land mass
  • landmass

Antonyms for the word continent

• • incontinent

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