transcontinental
Crossing entire continents
Transcontinental means crossing or spanning a continent: a transcontinental railroad, a transcontinental flight.
The word typically describes infrastructure or journeys that traverse the full width of a landmass: The transcontinental route connected the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
Journey by sea
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- trekArduous overland journey
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
passage · adventure · exploration · pioneers · trailblazer · pathfinder · caravan · overland
Railway pulling machine
- tracksMarks showing passage
- gaugeStandard of measurement
- freightGoods being transported
- passengerTraveler, not operator
terminal · depot · junction · Union Pacific · Central Pacific · Golden Spike · sleeper car · dining car
Aerial journey by aircraft
- airlineAir transport company
- routePath from A to B
- nonstopWithout pause or break
- long-haulCovering great distances
jet · airliner · red-eye · layover · hub · transatlantic · transpacific · Boeing
Major road for travel
- corridorEnclosed connecting walkway
- pipelineLong-distance fluid transport tube
- cableHeavy-duty woven line
- flight pathPlanned aerial trajectory
air route · shipping lane · network · linkage · connection · artery · thoroughfare · conduit
voyage
Journey by sea
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- trekArduous overland journey
odyssey · passage · adventure · exploration · pioneers · trailblazer · pathfinder · caravan · overland · coast-to-coast
locomotive
Railway pulling machine
passenger · terminal · depot · junction · Union Pacific · Central Pacific · Golden Spike · sleeper car · dining car · railcar
flight
Aerial journey by aircraft
long-haul · jet · airliner · red-eye · layover · hub · transatlantic · transpacific · Boeing · Airbus
highway
Major road for travel
- corridorEnclosed connecting walkway
- pipelineLong-distance fluid transport tube
- cableHeavy-duty woven line
flight path · air route · shipping lane · network · linkage · connection · artery · thoroughfare · conduit · bridge
landmass
Continuous area of ground
distance · longitude · latitude · divide · range · terrain · coastline · border · boundary · east-west
- long wordssupercalifragilisticexpialidocious, antidisestablishmentarianism, incomprehensibilities, counterrevolutionary, electroencephalograph
- globalworldwide, global, international, universal, planetary
- flightsdeparture, arrival, nonstop flight, boarding, connecting flight
- Overland Travelexpedition, trek, trail, road trip, journey
- long distancelong distance, long haul, cross-country, miles, mileage
- flight routesflight path, air corridor, airway, direct route, nonstop flight
transcontinentallocal
Of this area
regional · neighborhood · municipal · intrastate · provincial
transcontinentalintercontinental
Spanning multiple continents
transoceanic · global · international · worldwide · intracontinental
- transcontinental travelPassage spanning entire landmasses
- transcontinental railroadRail line spanning continent
- transcontinental railwayRail line crossing continents
- transcontinental railRailway crossing entire continent
- transcontinental routeWay across a landmass
continent, continents, continental, intercontinental, subcontinental