Word CONTINENT: meanings, synonyms & antonyms

continent

🇺🇸 [ˈkɑntɪnənt]

Meanings

One of the Earth's main continuous expanses of land, typically divided into large geographic regions like Africa, Asia, and Europe, each with unique ecological and cultural diversity.

Examples

• Africa is the second-largest continent in the world.
• They traveled across the European continent.
• Australia is both a country and a continent.

Synonyms

landmass • region • territory

Antonyms

ocean • island • sea