diver B1 Topic:People & Society US /ˈdaɪ̯və(ɹ)/ See IPA manual Freq #12111 Meanings 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 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 Appears in Phrases (1) See all scuba diver a diver who breathes underwater using self-contained breathing equipment Noun + noun Etymology AI details From dive + -er. Topics People & Society External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # diver **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈdaɪ̯və(ɹ)/ **Frequency rank:** 12111 ## Meanings 1. A person who jumps into water head first, especially as a sport. 2. A person who works or explores underwater, usually with breathing equipment. ## Examples - The Olympic diver scored a perfect ten for her last jump. - Police divers searched the lake for the missing car. ## Derived Forms - black-diver - diverless - dumpster-diver - earth-diver - free-diver - graveldiver - hell-diver - muff-diver - paradiver - skin-diver - sportdiver ## Related Forms - diving - scuba ## Etymology From dive + -er. ## AI Etymology Diver is formed from dive + -er. In current use, the main senses are “A person who jumps into water head first, especially as a sport” and “A person who works or explores underwater, usually with breathing equipment”. ## Topics - People & Society markdown