Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun europe

3 senses of europe

Sense 1
Europe -- (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)
       INSTANCE OF=> continent -- (one of the large landmasses of the earth; "there are seven continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot")

Sense 2
European Union, EU, European Community, EC, European Economic Community, EEC, Common Market, Europe -- (an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members; "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union")
       => world organization, world organisation, international organization, international organisation, global organization -- (an international alliance involving many different countries)

Sense 3
Europe -- (the nations of the European continent collectively; "the Marshall Plan helped Europe recover from World War II")
       => collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage -- (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)