continent

1. 1.

   one of the large landmasses of the earth

   “there are seven continents”

   “pioneers had to cross the continent on foot”

   Broaderlandmass

   NarrowerAfricaAntarcticaAsiaAustraliaEurasiaEuropeGondwanalandLaurasiaNorth AmericaPangaea

   Partscratonsubcontinent
2. 2.

   the European mainland

   “Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there”

   Broadermainland

   Part ofEurope

1. 1.

   having control over urination and defecation

   Antonymsincontinent
2. 2.

   abstaining from sexual intercourse

   “celibate priests”

   Synonymscelibate

   Similarchaste

Other forms of continent

plural

continents·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about continent

What does continent mean?

continent means "one of the large landmasses of the earth". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in continent?

continent has 3 syllables: con-ti-nent. The stress falls on "con". In IPA it is /ˈkɑntənənt/.

What is another word for continent?

Close synonyms include celibate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of continent?

The recorded antonyms are incontinent.

Is continent a common word?

continent is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with continent?

1 word rhymes with continent. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.