continent
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
one of the large landmasses of the earth
there are seven continents
Types & categories
- landmass hypernym
- Africa instance hyponym
- Antarctica instance hyponym
- Asia instance hyponym
- Australia instance hyponym
- Eurasia instance hyponym
- Europe instance hyponym
- Gondwanaland instance hyponym
- Laurasia instance hyponym
- North America instance hyponym
- Pangaea instance hyponym
- South America instance hyponym
Parts & wholes
- craton part meronym
- subcontinent part meronym
Related & opposite
- continental derivation
- continental derivation
Sense 2 adjective
having control over urination and defecation
Related & opposite
- incontinent antonym
- continence derivation
- contain derivation
Sense 3 adjective
abstaining from sexual intercourse
celibate priests
Related & opposite
- continence derivation
- celibate derivation
- chaste similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | continental |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | continental |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | craton |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | subcontinent |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | landmass |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Africa |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Antarctica |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Asia |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Australia |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Eurasia |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Europe |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Gondwanaland |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Laurasia |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | North America |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Pangaea |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | South America |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | incontinent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | continence |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | contain |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | continence |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | celibate |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | chaste |