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Adjective continent has 2 senses

continent - having control over urination and defecation
Antonyms: incontinent, leaky
celibate, continent - abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests"
Antonym: unchaste (indirect, via chaste)

Noun continent has 2 senses

continent - one of the large landmasses of the earth; "there are seven continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"
--₁ is a kind of landmass
--₁ has part: craton; subcontinent
--₁ has particulars:
Africa; Antarctica, Antarctic continent; Asia; Australia; Eurasia; Europe; Gondwanaland; Laurasia; North America; Pangaea, Pangea; South America
Continent - the European mainland; "Englishmen like to visit the Continent but they wouldn't like to live there"
--₂ is a kind of Europe