Antonyms for continental
ˌkɒn tnˈɛn tlcon·ti·nen·tal

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1. continentaladjective

   Antonyms:
   English, British

   Synonyms:
   European, mainland

2. continentaladjective

   Of or relating to a continent or continents.

   continental drift

   Antonyms:
   British, English

   Synonyms:
   mainland, European

3. continentaladjective

   In the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands.

   continental Europe

   Antonyms:
   British, English

   Synonyms:
   mainland, European

4. continentaladjective

   Characteristic of the style of continental Europe, as opposed to British.

   continental breakfast

   Synonyms:
   mainland, European

   Antonyms:
   English, British

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1. Continentaladjective

   of or pertaining to or typical of Europe

   "a Continental breakfast"

   Antonyms:
   intercontinental, world-wide, worldwide

2. continentaladjective

   of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War

   "the Continental Army"; "the Continental Congress"

   Antonyms:
   world-wide, worldwide, intercontinental

3. continentaladjective

   of or relating to or characteristic of a continent

   "the continental divide"; "continental drift"

   Antonyms:
   intercontinental, worldwide, world-wide

4. continentaladjective

   being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe

   "the continental United States"; "continental Europe"; "continental waters"

   Antonyms:
   world-wide, intercontinental, worldwide

How to use continental in a sentence?

1. The FOJ:

   The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York accuses him of accepting bribes totalling millions of dollars in connection with the sale of marketing rights to various sports marketing firms and keeping the money for himself, the marketing rights in question pertain to the broadcast of qualifying matches for the soccer World Cup, regional soccer tournaments and continental soccer championships in North and South America.

2. Juan Molas:

   It's clear that some tourists will now change Tunisia for continental Spain or the Canary Islands, but they will have to pay more.

3. President Vladimir Putin:

   Today, we have a unique situation in our new and recent history. They (other countries) are trying to catch up with us. Not a single country possesses hypersonic weapons, let alone continental-range hypersonic weapons.

4. Micheal Martin:

   Irish politics is different from (continental) European politics in that there is a very significant center ground, in terms of our traditions and also ... the (economic) situation we've come out of, I think there is a lot of center ground opinion. Therefore I do believe that the next Dail (parliament) will have the capacity to form a government that will be good but also stable.

5. Daniel Swain:

   Everything from the Rocky Mountain continental divide westward, including Colorado, Utah, Sierra Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico have fire conditions that look really, potentially explosive. The drought is even worse in those places than in Southern California, it looks pretty likely that it will be a severe fire season across most of West Linn.

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