(a.) Extending or going across a continent; as, a transcontinental railroad or journey\.

abroad across the sea alien away from home beyond seas exotic foreign in foreign parts nonresident not in residence on leave on sabbatical leave on the road on tour over the water oversea strange tramontane transalpine transarctic transatlantic transcontinental transequatorial transmarine transmontane transoceanic transpacific transpolar transpontine ultramarine ultramontane ultramundane