Noun

• S: (n) continent (one of the large landmasses of the earth) "there are seven continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"
• part meronym
• S: (n) craton (the part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent; typically Precambrian)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) part, piece (a portion of a natural object) "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"
• S: (n) thing (a separate and self-contained entity)
• S: (n) physical entity (an entity that has physical existence)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• part holonym
• S: (n) subcontinent (a large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• domain region
• part holonym
• has instance
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) landmass, land mass (a large continuous extent of land)
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) Continent (the European mainland) "Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there"

Adjective

• S: (adj) continent (having control over urination and defecation)
• S: (adj) celibate, continent (abstaining from sexual intercourse) "celibate priests"