diver

Noun

Meaning

One who, or that which, dives.

Fig.: One who goes deeply into a subject, study, or business.

Any bird of certain genera, as Urinator (formerly Colymbus), or the allied genus Colymbus, or Podiceps, remarkable for their agility in diving.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

underwater diver loon plunger frogman scuba diver deep-sea diver jack mariner dipper marines seafarer grebe cadet peterman piston
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Antonyms

generous person

Hypernyms

explorer adventurer swimmer gaviiform seabird

Hyponyms

pearler pearl diver scuba diver deep-sea diver

Phrases with the word

underwater diver diver's disease diver's bends marsh diver diver's syndrome flying diver

Anagrams

drive rived Verdi dveri

Examples

These pearls of thought in Persian gulfs were bred, Each softly lucent as a rounded moon The diver Omar plucked them from their bed, Fitzgerald strung them on an English thread. James Russell Lowell

I am no longer Chelsea coach and I do not have to defend them any more, so I think it is correct if I say Drogba is a diver. José Mourinho

What I have understood is good; and so, I think, what I have not understood is; only the book requires a Delian diver to get at the meaning of it. Socrates

Ive been a swimmer and a diver for quite a while. It was something that I think I got too comfortable with, and I dove into my black-bottomed pool and hit the slope from the shallow end to the deep end. And I had a chin to chest paralyzing break. Brooke Burns

I think being a competitive diver for years helps you focus and dedicate yourself to what's needed. Jason Statham

Those who wear pearls do not know how often the shark bites the leg of the diver. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

divellicated divemaster Divens diver's bends diver's disease diver's syndrome