MAINLANDS Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

mainlands

noun

plural of mainland

as in continents

one of the great divisions of land on the globe or the main part of such a division the boat back to the mainland leaves once every two days

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Recent Examples of mainlands The two mainlands themselves are only 55 miles apart where Alaska's Seward Peninsula and Russia's Chukotka Peninsula sit on opposite sides of the Bering Sea. —

Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025

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continents

Noun

Health authorities across four continents were continuing to track down and monitor more than two dozen passengers who disembarked the ship before the deadly outbreak was detected.

— Suman Naishadham, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
While the Arctic is an ocean surrounded by continents, Antarctica is a continent surrounded by the ocean – this means its sea ice can grow outward, unconstrained by land.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 8 May 2026