Meanings
noundiver (plural divers)
plural divers
- Someone who works underwater; a frogman.
- A New Zealand sand diver (Tewara cranwellae)
- A long-finned sand diver (Limnichthys polyactis)
- LondondatedA passenger carrying vehicle using an underground route; specially, a diver tram, one using the former Kingsway tramway subway (1906-1952).
- obsoleteslangA pickpocket.
- hobbiesA competitor in certain sports who is known to regularly imitate being fouled, with the purpose of getting his/her opponent penalised.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomeone who dives, especially as a sport.
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More synonyms by meaning
nounlarge somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the Northern Hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes
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Broader
gaviiform seabird
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic غَطَّاس, غَوَّاص
- غَطَّاس (ḡaṭṭās)underwater
- غَوَّاص (ḡawwāṣ)underwater
Bulgarian гмуркач, водолаз
- гмуркач (gmurkač)underwater
- водолаз (vodolaz)someone who works underwater
Catalan bus, bus
- busunderwater
- bussomeone who works underwater
- bussejadorsomeone who works underwater
- bussejadorasomeone who works underwater
Chinese Mandarin 潛水員 /潜水员
- 潛水員 /潜水员 (qiánshuǐyuán)underwater
Czech potápěč, potápěčka
- potápěčunderwater
- potápěčkaunderwater
Danish dykker
- dykkerunderwater
Dutch duiker, duikster
- duikerunderwater
- duiksterunderwater
Esperanto plonĝanto, plonĝantino
- plonĝantounderwater
- plonĝantinounderwater
- plonĝistounderwater
- plonĝistinounderwater
- subakvistounderwater
- subakvistinounderwater
- subakvistosomeone who works underwater
- subakvistinosomeone who works underwater
- plonĝistosomeone who works underwater
- plonĝistinosomeone who works underwater
Estonian sukelduja, tuuker
- sukeldujaunderwater
- tuukersomeone who works underwater
Finnish sukeltaja, sukeltaja
- sukeltajaunderwater
- sukeltajasomeone who works underwater
French plongeur, plongeuse
- plongeurunderwater
- plongeuseunderwater
German Taucher, Taucherin
- Taucherunderwater
- Taucherinunderwater
Greek δύτης
- δύτης (dýtis)underwater
Hebrew צוֹלֵל, אָמוֹדַאי
- צוֹלֵל (tolel)underwater
- אָמוֹדַאי (amodai)someone who works underwater
- צוֹלֵל (tsolel)someone who works underwater
Hindi ग़ोताख़ोर, गोताखोर
- ग़ोताख़ोर (ġotāxor)underwater
- गोताखोर (gotākhor)underwater
- ग़ोताख़ोर (ġotāxor)someone who works underwater
- गोताखोर (gotākhor)someone who works underwater
Hungarian búvár
- búvárunderwater
Icelandic kafari
- kafariunderwater
Italian tuffatore, tuffatrice
- tuffatoreunderwater
- tuffatriceunderwater
- tuffistaunderwater
- palombarounderwater
- palombaraunderwater
- sommozzatoreunderwater
- sommozzatriceunderwater
Japanese 潜水夫, 潜り
- 潜水夫 (sensuifu)underwater
- 潜り (moguri)underwater
- ダイバー (daibā)underwater
Korean 잠수부, 다이버
- 잠수부 (jamsubu)underwater
- 다이버 (daibeo)underwater
Latin ūrīnātor, ūrīnātrīx
- ūrīnātorunderwater
- ūrīnātrīxunderwater
Norwegian Bokmål stuper, dykker
- stuperunderwater
- dykkerunderwater
- dykkersomeone who works underwater
Polish nurek
- nurekunderwater
Portuguese mergulhador, mergulhadora
- mergulhadorunderwater
- mergulhadoraunderwater
Romanian scufundător, scafandru
- scufundătorunderwater
- scafandruunderwater
- scafandrierunderwater
Russian ныря́льщик, ныря́льщица
- ныря́льщик (nyrjálʹščik)underwater
- ныря́льщица (nyrjálʹščica)underwater
- водола́з (vodoláz)underwater
- водола́зка (vodolázka)underwater
- водола́з (vodoláz)someone who works underwater
- водола́зка (vodolázka)someone who works underwater
Spanish buzo, submarinista
- buzounderwater
- submarinistaunderwater
- buceadorunderwater
- búzanounderwater
- escafandristaunderwater
- somorgujadorsomeone who works underwater
- clavadistajumping
- zambullidorjumping
- zabullidorjumping
- piscinerosports: player who pretends fouls
- piscinerasports: player who pretends fouls
Swedish dykare
- dykareunderwater
Tagalog maninisid
- maninisidunderwater
Thai นักกระโดดน้ำ
- นักกระโดดน้ำ (nák-grà-dòot-náam)underwater
Turkish dalgıç
- dalgıçunderwater
Ukrainian водола́з, норе́ць
- водола́з (vodoláz)underwater
- норе́ць (norécʹ)underwater
Vietnamese thợ lặn, thợ lặn
- thợ lặnunderwater
- thợ lặnsomeone who works underwater
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with diver
riverdriverliversurvivorIvoriverfiverMcIvorstuiverearth-diverimpact driverowner-driverskiverspider diver
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APA
diver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diver
MLA
“diver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diver. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diver,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diver.
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