continental

²continental

noun

Definition of CONTINENTAL

1

a often capitalized : an American soldier of the Revolution in the Continental army b (1) : a piece of Continental paper currency (2) : the least bit <not worth a continental>

2

: an inhabitant of a continent and especially the continent of Europe

Examples of CONTINENTAL

1. <complained that today's youth doesn't care a continental about their elders>

First Known Use of CONTINENTAL

1777

Related to CONTINENTAL

Synonyms: beans, bubkes (also bupkes or bupkus), jot, damn, darn (also durn), diddly [slang], diddly-squat [slang], doodley-squat (or doodly-squat), fig, ghost, hoot, iota, lick, modicum, rap, squat [slang], syllable, tittle, whit, whoop

Related Words: ace, bit, crumb, dab, driblet, glimmer, hint, little, mite, nip, ounce, particle, peanuts, pin, ray, scrap, scruple, semblance, shade, shadow, shred, skosh, smidgen (also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), snap, speck, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, touch, trace

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Rhymes with CONTINENTAL

accidental, detrimental, elemental, fundamental, incidental, instrumental, ornamental, sacramental, supplemental