US /ˈdaɪ̯və(ɹ)/
noun Freq #12111

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A person who jumps into water head first, especially as a sport.

    The Olympic diver scored a perfect ten for her last jump.

  2. 2
    noun

    A person who works or explores underwater, usually with breathing equipment.

    Police divers searched the lake for the missing car.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a person who jumps into... plunger
2 noun · a person who works or... frogmanunderwater diver
Word family
Derived forms black-diverdiverlessdumpster-diverearth-diverfree-divergraveldiverhell-divermuff-diverparadiverskin-diversportdiver
Related forms divingscuba

Etymology

From dive + -er.

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