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
• has instance
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) landmass, land mass (a large continuous extent of land)
• S: (n) continent (one of the large landmasses of the earth) "there are seven continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"
• 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
• S: (n) India, Republic of India, Bharat (a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)
• S: (n) Greenland, Gronland, Kalaallit Nunaat (the largest island in the world; lies between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean; a self-governing province of Denmark)
• part holonym
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) Continent (the European mainland) "Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there"
• part holonym
• S: (n) Europe (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)
• instance
• derivationally related form

Adjective

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