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diver

  • /ˈdaɪ̯və(ɹ)/

Rhymes with -aɪvə(ɹ)

noun divers

  1. Someone who dives, especially as a sport. A passerby noticed the man's body protruding from the water at about 9 p.m. and Boston and Metropolitan police divers were called to the scene.

    Similar: urinator

  2. Someone who works underwater; a frogman.
  3. Ireland, UK loon (Gavia spp.)
  4. A New Zealand sand diver (Tewara cranwellae)
  5. A long-finned sand diver (Limnichthys polyactis)
  6. London, dated A passenger carrying vehicle using an underground route; specially, a diver tram, one using the former Kingsway tramway subway (1906-1952).
  7. obsolete, slang A pickpocket.
  8. A competitor in certain sports who is known to regularly imitate being fouled, with the purpose of getting his/her opponent penalised.

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noun jumping

Españolclavadista, zambullidor, zabullidor

noun sports: player who pretends fouls

Españolpiscinero, piscinera

noun underwater

Españolbuzo, submarinista, buceador, búzano, escafandrista
한국어잠수부 jamsubu, 다이버 daibeo
日本語潜水夫 sensuifu, 潜り moguri, ダイバー daibā
中文潛水員 /潜水员 qiánshuǐyuán
हिन्दीग़ोताख़ोर ġotāxor, गोताखोर gotākhor
Portuguêsmergulhador, mergulhadora
Françaisplongeur, plongeuse
DeutschTaucher, Taucherin
Italianotuffatore, tuffatrice, tuffista, palombaro, palombara, sommozzatore
Ελληνικάδύτης dýtis
Românăscufundător, scafandru, scafandrier
Русскийныря́льщик nyrjálʹščik, ныря́льщица nyrjálʹščica, водола́з vodoláz, водола́зка vodolázka
Tiếng Việtthợ lặn
العربيةغَطَّاس ḡaṭṭās, غَوَّاص ḡawwāṣ
עבריתצוֹלֵל tolel

noun someone who works underwater

Españolsomorgujador
हिन्दीग़ोताख़ोर ġotāxor, गोताखोर gotākhor
Русскийводола́з vodoláz, водола́зка vodolázka
Tiếng Việtthợ lặn
עבריתאָמוֹדַאי amodai, צוֹלֵל tsolel

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@misc{diver_2026,
  title = {diver},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/diver},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}