diving suit

noun

A garment or apparatus worn by a diver for protection from the underwater environment.

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diving dress
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Meanings

noundiving suit (plural diving suits)

plural diving suits · alternative diving-suit

  1. A garment or apparatus worn by a diver for protection from the underwater environment.
  2. slangA condom.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna weighted and hermetically sealed garment supplied with air; worn by underwater divers

Similar
diving dress
Broader
protective garment

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan escafandre, vestit de busseig
  • escafandregarment or apparatus worn by a diver for protection from the underwater environment
  • vestit de busseiggarment or apparatus worn by a diver for protection from the underwater environment
Chinese Mandarin 潛水衣 /潜水衣
  • 潛水衣 /潜水衣 (qiánshuǐyī)garment or apparatus worn by a diver for protection from the underwater environment
Danish dykkerdragt
  • dykkerdragtgarment or apparatus worn by a diver for protection from the underwater environment
Esperanto skafandro
  • skafandrogarment or apparatus worn by a diver for protection from the underwater environment
Finnish sukelluspuku
  • sukelluspukugarment or apparatus worn by a diver for protection from the underwater environment
French combinaison de plongée
  • combinaison de plongéegarment or apparatus worn by a diver for protection from the underwater environment
German Taucheranzug
  • Taucheranzuggarment or apparatus worn by a diver for protection from the underwater environment
Italian muta subacquea, scafandro
  • muta subacqueagarment or apparatus worn by a diver for protection from the underwater environment
  • scafandrogarment or apparatus worn by a diver for protection from the underwater environment
Norwegian Bokmål dykkerdrakt
  • dykkerdraktgarment or apparatus worn by a diver for protection from the underwater environment
Polish pianka, skafander
  • piankagarment or apparatus worn by a diver for protection from the underwater environment
  • skafandergarment or apparatus worn by a diver for protection from the underwater environment
Swedish dykardräkt, dykdräkt
  • dykardräktgarment or apparatus worn by a diver for protection from the underwater environment
  • dykdräktgarment or apparatus worn by a diver for protection from the underwater environment
Cite this entry
APA

diving suit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diving%20suit

MLA

“diving suit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diving%20suit. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diving suit,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diving%20suit.

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