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) body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)
• S: (n) corpus (the main part of an organ or other bodily structure)
• S: (n) acicula (a needlelike part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal; as a spine or bristle or crystal)
• S: (n) base (the bottom or lowest part) "the base of the mountain"
• S: (n) corner (a projecting part where two sides or edges meet) "he knocked off the corners"
• S: (n) craton (the part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent; typically Precambrian)
• S: (n) cutting (a piece cut off from the main part of something)
• S: (n) fragment (a piece broken off or cut off of something else) "a fragment of rock"
• S: (n) hunk, lump (a large piece of something without definite shape) "a hunk of bread"; "a lump of coal"
• S: (n) nub, stub (a small piece) "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil"
• S: (n) segment (one of the parts into which something naturally divides) "a segment of an orange"
• S: (n) slice (a thin flat piece cut off of some object)
• S: (n) strip (a relatively long narrow piece of something) "he felt a flat strip of muscle"
• S: (n) world (a part of the earth that can be considered separately) "the outdoor world"; "the world of insects"
• S: (n) North Atlantic (that part of the Atlantic Ocean to the north of the equator)
• S: (n) North Pacific (that part of the Pacific Ocean to the north of the equator)
• S: (n) South Atlantic (that part of the Atlantic Ocean to the south of the equator)
• S: (n) South Pacific (that part of the Pacific Ocean to the south of the equator)
• 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"