adj of or pertaining to a continent.
2. continental ·noun a soldier in the continental army, or a piece of the continental currency. ·see continental, ·adj, 3.
3. continental ·adj of or pertaining to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the revolutionary war; as, continental money.
4. continental ·adj of or pertaining to the main land of europe, in distinction from the adjacent islands, especially england; as, a continental tour; a continental coalition.