continent

English Thesaurus

1. the European mainland (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	mainland,
definition	:	the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula (noun.object)

part meronym	:	europe,
definition	:	the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles (noun.object)

2. one of the large landmasses of the earth (noun.object)

hypernym	:	land mass, landmass,
definition	:	a large continuous extent of land (noun.object)

instance hyponym	:	africa,
definition	:	the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean (noun.object)

instance hyponym	:	antarctic continent, antarctica,
definition	:	an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep (noun.object)

instance hyponym	:	asia,
definition	:	the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations (noun.object)

instance hyponym	:	australia,
definition	:	the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean (noun.object)

instance hyponym	:	eurasia,
definition	:	the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia (noun.object)

instance hyponym	:	europe,
definition	:	the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles (noun.object)

instance hyponym	:	gondwanaland,
definition	:	a hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into India and Australia and Africa and South America and Antarctica (noun.object)

instance hyponym	:	laurasia,
definition	:	a hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into North America and Europe and Asia (noun.object)

instance hyponym	:	north america,
definition	:	a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama (noun.object)

instance hyponym	:	pangaea, pangea,
definition	:	(plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland (noun.object)

instance hyponym	:	south america,
definition	:	a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama (noun.object)

part holonym	:	craton,
definition	:	the part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent; typically Precambrian (noun.object)

part holonym	:	subcontinent,
definition	:	a large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent (noun.object)

3. abstaining from sexual intercourse (adj.all)

similar	:	chaste,
definition	:	morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse) (adj.all)

4. the European mainland (noun.location)

derivation	:	continental,
definition	:	of or pertaining to or typical of Europe (adj.pert)

5. one of the large landmasses of the earth (noun.object)

derivation	:	continental,
definition	:	being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe (adj.all)

derivation	:	continental,
definition	:	of or relating to or characteristic of a continent (adj.pert)

6. abstaining from sexual intercourse (adj.all)

derivation	:	continence, continency,
definition	:	the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	celibate,
definition	:	an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity (noun.person)

7. having control over urination and defecation (adj.all)

antonym	:	incontinent,
definition	:	not having control over urination and defecation (adj.all)

derivation	:	continence,
definition	:	voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	bear, carry, contain, hold,
definition	:	contain or hold; have within (verb.stative)

8. the European mainland (noun.location)

derivation	:	continental,
definition	:	of or pertaining to or typical of Europe (adj.pert)

9. one of the large landmasses of the earth (noun.object)

derivation	:	continental,
definition	:	being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe (adj.all)

derivation	:	continental,
definition	:	of or relating to or characteristic of a continent (adj.pert)

10. abstaining from sexual intercourse (adj.all)

derivation	:	continence, continency,
definition	:	the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	celibate,
definition	:	an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity (noun.person)

11. having control over urination and defecation (adj.all)

antonym	:	incontinent,
definition	:	not having control over urination and defecation (adj.all)

derivation	:	continence,
definition	:	voluntary control over urinary and fecal discharge (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	bear, carry, contain, hold,
definition	:	contain or hold; have within (verb.stative)