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

2 senses of north america

Sense 1
North America -- (a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama)
       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
North America -- (the nations of the North American continent collectively)
       => collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage -- (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)