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surfer

  • /ˈsɜː(ɹ)fə(ɹ)/

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)fə(ɹ)

noun surfers

  1. 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, […]
  2. A person who surfs the Internet.
  3. obsolete A duck, the surf scoter (Melanitta perspicillata).

Similar: surf rider

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: surfboarder, user, surf rider, surfie, surfrider, boardrider, windsurfer, bodysurfer, surfman, bodyboarder, landsurfer, skateboarder, boardsman, surf rocker, wakesurfer, shaper

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Similar: surf rider

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noun person who rides a surfboard

Españolsurfista, surfero
Portuguêssurfista
Françaissurfeur, surfeuse
DeutschWellenreiter
Italianosurfer, surfista
Русскийсёрфинги́ст sjorfingíst
עבריתגּוֹלֵשׁ golésh

noun person who surfs the Internet

Españolinternauta
Portuguêsinternauta
Françaisinternaute
Italianonavigatore, internauta

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"surfer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/surfer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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surfer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/surfer

Chicago

"surfer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/surfer.

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@misc{surfer_2026,
  title = {surfer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/surfer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}