diver

B1
US /ˈdaɪ̯və(ɹ)/
noun Freq #12111

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    Someone who dives, especially as a sport.

    A passerby noticed the man's body protruding from the water at about 9 p.m. and Boston and Metropolitan police divers were called to the scene.

  2. 2
    noun

    large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back

  3. 3
    noun

    someone who dives (into water)

  4. 4
    noun

    someone who works underwater

  5. 5
    noun

    Someone who works underwater; a frogman.

  6. 6
    noun

    loon (Gavia)

  7. 7
    noun

    The New Zealand sand diver.

  8. 8
    noun

    The long-finned sand diver.

Etymology

From dive + -er.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · someone who dives,... urinator
2 noun · large somewhat primitive... loon
3 noun · someone who dives (into water) plunger
4 noun · someone who works underwater frogmanunderwater diver
Word family
Derived forms black-diverdiverlessdumpster-diverearth-diverfree-divergraveldiverhell-divermuff-diverparadiverskin-diversportdiver
Related forms divingscuba

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