Synonyms for continent
ˈkɒn tn əntcon·ti·nent

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1. continent

   That is pure which is free from mixture or contact with anything that weakens, impairs, or pollutes. Material substances are called pure in the strict sense when free from foreign admixture of any kind; as, pure oxygen; the word is often used to signify free from any defiling or objectionable admixture (the original sense); we speak of water as pure when it is bright, clear, and refreshing, tho it may contain mineral salts in solution; in the medical and chemical sense, only distilled water (aqua pura) is pure. In moral and religious use pure is a strong word, denoting positive excellence of a high order; one is innocent who knows nothing of evil, and has experienced no touch of temptation; one is pure who, with knowledge of evil and exposure to temptation, keeps heart and soul unstained. Virtuous refers primarily to right action; pure to right feeling and motives; as, "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God," Matt. v, 8. Compare FINE; INNOCENT.

   Synonyms:
   absolute, chaste, classic, classical, clean, clear, genuine, guileless, guiltless, holy, immaculate, incorrupt, innocent, mere, perfect, pure, real, sheer, simple, spotless, stainless, true, unadulterated, unblemished, uncorrupted, undefiled, unmingled, unmixed, unpolluted, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished, upright, virtuous

   Antonyms:
   adulterated, defiled, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, immodest, impure, indecent, indelicate, lewd, mixed, obscene, polluted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished, unchaste, unclean

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. continentnoun

   one of the large landmasses of the earth

   "there are seven continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"

   Antonyms:
   unchaste, incontinent, leaky

2. Continentadjective

   the European mainland

   "Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there"

   Antonyms:
   unchaste, leaky, incontinent

3. continentadjective

   having control over urination and defecation

   Synonyms:
   celibate

   Antonyms:
   leaky, unchaste, incontinent

4. celibate, continentadjective

   abstaining from sexual intercourse

   "celibate priests"

   Synonyms:
   celibate

   Antonyms:
   leaky, unchaste, incontinent

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1. • Landmass

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1. continentadjective

   Synonyms:
   chaste, temperate

2. continentnoun

   Synonyms:
   main land, great tract of land

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "continent":

   mainland, continente, continental, subcontinent, africa, sub-continent, continents

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1. Jonathan Weltman:

   There's no denying there's poverty, there's Ebola in western South Africa, there's religious unrest, there are a lot of trials and tribulations facing our continent and they do need to be dealt with.

2. Patricia Oduwole:

   Dream Up, Speak Up, Stand Up girl's education is important because on the African continent, where there are not as many resources, the boys are the first [to get an education].

3. Ronald Reagan:

   These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc, these are the men who took the cliffs. These are the champions who helped free a continent. These are the heroes who helped end a war.

4. Werner Faymann:

   Sticking refugees in trains and sending them somewhere completely different to where they think they're going reminds us of the darkest chapter of our continent's history.

5. Jeremy Hodara:

   We have a very significant footprint of physical locations across the continent where we can inject packages and parcels and distribute it. That's unique.