Synonyms for mainland
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The continent; the principal land, as distinguished from islands or a peninsula.
You may have not realised when I was using the term mainland Europe, I was excluding the British Isles.
Forms
- Plural
- mainlands → continents, mains…
Example sentences
- continent Migrants from the continent crossed the Japan sea.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| mainland | steady | |
| continent | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- main1
- 9 letters
- continent3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (continent3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- continent
- Italiano
- contenente
- Deutsch
- Kontinent