continental

From WikiWord, the free dictionary

English

Definitions

noun

Someone from the continent.
A member of the Continental army.
Paper scrip (paper money) issued by the continental congress, largely worthless by the end of the war.
(by extension) The smallest amount; a whit; a jot.“I don't care a continental!”

adjective

Of or relating to a continent or continents.“continental drift”
Of the mainland, as opposed to an island offshore“continental Europe”
(chiefly in the UK) Relating to, or characteristic of, continental Europe“continental breakfast”
Of or relating to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War.“continental money”

Related words

Synonyms

European mainland transcontinental continent-wide african subcontinent continent inland intercontinental metropolitan pan hotel icbm plateau shelf hemispheric seaboard

Antonyms

British English

Associated

dfa crust divide shelves subduction snowy climate oceanic drift abbreviated humid

Rhymes

fundamental detrimental transcendental mental sentimental temperamental incidental monumental instrumental supplemental

References