continental

Meanings

Adjective

• Of or relating to a continent or continents.
• of the mainland, as opposed to an island offshore
• Relating to, or characteristic of, continental Europe
• Of or relating to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War.

Noun

• Someone from the continent.
• A member of the Continental army.
• Paper scrip (paper money) issued by the continental congress, largely worthless by the end of the war.
• The smallest amount; a whit; a jot.

Related

Similar words

• mainland
• European

Opposite words

• British, English

Origin

• continent + -al