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

voyage

Journey by sea

odyssey · passage · adventure · exploration · pioneers · trailblazer · pathfinder · caravan · overland · coast-to-coast

railroad

locomotive

Railway pulling machine

passenger · terminal · depot · junction · Union Pacific · Central Pacific · Golden Spike · sleeper car · dining car · railcar

aviation

flight

Aerial journey by aircraft

long-haul · jet · airliner · red-eye · layover · hub · transatlantic · transpacific · Boeing · Airbus

infrastructure

highway

Major road for travel

flight path · air route · shipping lane · network · linkage · connection · artery · thoroughfare · conduit · bridge

geography

landmass

Continuous area of ground

distance · longitude · latitude · divide · range · terrain · coastline · border · boundary · east-west

Categories
Opposites
geographic scope

transcontinentallocal

Of this area

regional · neighborhood · municipal · intrastate · provincial

continental relationship

transcontinentalintercontinental

Spanning multiple continents

transoceanic · global · international · worldwide · intracontinental

Phrases
Family

continent, continents, continental, intercontinental, subcontinental

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G