Meanings
plural surfers
- A person who rides a surfboard.
When the surfer has passed the point where the waves are breaking, and is among the waves which are known as “greenbacks”, he may either dive through them or float over them, […]
1965, John Bloomfield, Know-how in the Surf, page 281 more example
A road that runs due west from Dale passes the village church and Dale Castle, and a footpath continues to Westdale Bay, a sandy beach used by surfers when the westerlies send great rollers crashing in from the Atlantic.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 141 - A person who surfs the Internet.
- obsoleteA duck, the surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata).
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishsuffe?
- Englishsuff?
- Englishsurf
- Englishsurfer
Translations
Basque surflari
- surflariperson who rides a surfboard
Catalan surfista
- surfistaperson who rides a surfboard
Czech surfař
- surfařperson who rides a surfboard
Dutch surfer, internetter
- surferperson who surfs the Internet
- internetterperson who surfs the Internet
Esperanto retumanto
- retumantoperson who surfs the Internet
Finnish lainelautailija, surffaaja
- lainelautailijaperson who rides a surfboard
- surffaajaperson who surfs the Internet
French surfeur, surfeuse
- surfeurperson who rides a surfboard
- surfeuseperson who rides a surfboard
- internauteperson who surfs the Internet
German Wellenreiter
- Wellenreiterperson who rides a surfboard
Hebrew גּוֹלֵשׁ
- גּוֹלֵשׁ (golésh)person who rides a surfboard
Hungarian hullámlovas, szörföző
- hullámlovasperson who rides a surfboard
- szörfözőperson who rides a surfboard
Italian surfer, surfista
- surferperson who rides a surfboard
- surfistaperson who rides a surfboard
- navigatoreperson who surfs the Internet
- internautaperson who surfs the Internet
Malay pelayar
- pelayarperson who surfs the Internet
Māori kaiheke, kaiwhakahekeheke
- kaihekeperson who rides a surfboard
- kaiwhakahekehekeperson who rides a surfboard
Polish surfer, surferka
- surferperson who rides a surfboard
- surferkaperson who rides a surfboard
- internautaperson who surfs the Internet
- surferperson who surfs the Internet
Portuguese surfista, internauta
- surfistaperson who rides a surfboard
- internautaperson who surfs the Internet
Russian сёрфинги́ст
- сёрфинги́ст (sjorfingíst)person who rides a surfboard
Spanish surfista, surfero
- surfistaperson who rides a surfboard
- surferoperson who rides a surfboard
- internautaperson who surfs the Internet
Thai นักโต้คลื่น
- นักโต้คลื่น (nák-dtôo-klʉ̂ʉn)person who rides a surfboard
Cite this entry
surfer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surfer
“surfer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surfer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “surfer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surfer.
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