Continent and Peninsula

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Continent noun - One of the great divisions of land on the globe or the main part of such a division.

Usage example: Europe and Asia are sometimes considered together to be one continent

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Peninsula is an antonym for continent.

Nearby Words: continence, continental, continently

Peninsula noun - An area of land that juts out into a body of water.

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Continent is an antonym for peninsula.

Nearby Word: peninsular

small	small continent	small peninsula
entire	entire continent	entire peninsula
large	large continent	large peninsula
ancient	ancient continent	ancient peninsula
Other adjectives: united, last, different, giant, magical, colonized, eastern, northern, largest.

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