Meanings
- Able to be submerged.
plural submersibles
- UKA small nonmilitary, nonnuclear submarine for exploration.
- UKA retroactive term used for nonnuclear submarines; nuclear submarines are termed true submarines.
- UKA term used primarily by some navies for nuclear submarines, termed true submersibles, because they cannot retroactively declare that their nonnuclear submarines should be called by a different name.
- USA very small baby submarine designed for specific localized missions, usually while tethered to a submarine or ship for life support and communications.
Synonyms: anchor, midget-submarine
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA very small baby submarine designed for specific localized missions, usually while tethered to a submarine or ship for life support and communications.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecapable of being immersed in water or functioning while submerged
nouna warship designed to operate under water
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic غَطَّاسَة, غَاطِسَة
- غَطَّاسَة (ḡaṭṭāsa)small nonmilitary, non-nuclear submarine for exploration
- غَاطِسَة (ḡāṭisa)small nonmilitary, non-nuclear submarine for exploration
Catalan submergible, submergible
- submergibleable to be submerged
- submergiblevery small submarine designed for specific localized missions and usually tethered
Dutch afzinkbaar
- afzinkbaarable to be submerged
Finnish upotettava, sukelluskykyinen
- upotettavaable to be submerged
- sukelluskykyinenable to be submerged
- pienoissukellusvenesmall nonmilitary, non-nuclear submarine for exploration
- pienoissukellusvenevery small submarine designed for specific localized missions and usually tethered
- tavanomainen sukellusvenenon-nuclear submarine
- ydinsukellusvenenuclear submarine
French submersible
- submersibleable to be submerged
German tauchfähig, untertauchbar
- tauchfähigable to be submerged
- untertauchbarable to be submerged
- Tauchbootvery small submarine designed for specific localized missions and usually tethered
Korean 잠수정
- 잠수정 (jamsujeong)very small submarine designed for specific localized missions and usually tethered
Norwegian Bokmål nedsenkbar
- nedsenkbarable to be submerged
Portuguese submersível, submergível
- submersívelable to be submerged
- submergívelable to be submerged
Spanish sumergible
- sumergibleable to be submerged
Welsh ymsuddol, suddadwy
- ymsuddolable to be submerged
- suddadwyable to be submerged
- llong ymsuddolvery small submarine designed for specific localized missions and usually tethered
Cite this entry
submersible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submersible
“submersible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submersible. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “submersible,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submersible.
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