surfer C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈsɜrfɚ/ UK /ˈsɜːfə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person who rides waves on a surfboard The surfer caught the last wave just before sunset. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who rides waves on... boarderwave-rider Word family Related forms surfsurfboardsurfing Etymology AI details From surf (a word of obscure origin, perhaps from suff, an Anglo-Indian term for the swell of the sea) plus the agentive suffix -er. Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # surfer **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈsɜrfɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈsɜːfə/ ## Meanings 1. a person who rides waves on a surfboard ## Examples - The surfer caught the last wave just before sunset. ## Synonyms - boarder - wave-rider ## Related Forms - surf - surfboard - surfing ## Etymology From surf (a word of obscure origin, perhaps from suff, an Anglo-Indian term for the swell of the sea) plus the agentive suffix -er. ## AI Etymology Surfer comes from surf (a word of obscure origin, perhaps from suff, an Anglo-Indian term for the swell of the sea) plus the agentive suffix -er. The formation is best read as suffixal and borrowed: the word surfer carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "a person who rides waves on a surfboard". Related English forms include surf, surfboard, and surfing. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown