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continental

/ˌkɑntɪˈnɛntl̩/adjective4 syllables

Continental means: being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe.

Synonyms for continental2

adjective, as in being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe

continent-wide, transcontinental

Opposites of continental

intercontinental

What does continental mean?4

adjective

1

being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe“the continental United States”

2

of or pertaining to or typical of Europe“a Continental breakfast”

3

of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War“the Continental Army”

4

of or relating to or characteristic of a continent“the continental divide”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with continental?26

three syllables

parentaljudgmental

five syllables

environmentalexperimentaldevelopmental

6 syllables

intercontinentalintergovernmental
Show 40 near rhymes
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All 26 rhymes for continental, grouped by syllable

Continental in a sentence

  • As subduction occurs below the continental shelf, earthquakes become more likely.TingBuDong
  • They serve a continental breakfast in this hotel.lukaszpp
  • Esther didn't have time to eat the continental breakfast.shekitten
  • Esther's hotel room came with a continental breakfast.shekitten
  • The theory of plate tectonics in geology explains the phenomenon of continental drift.sundown
  • Continental shelves are often covered by young land-derived sediment.Lumi
  • The largest continental lake in the world is the Caspian Sea.carlosalberto
  • Algeria has lots of continental oil.Amastan

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