swimmer

Noun

Meaning

A swimming bird; one of the natatores.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bob cork athlete bather swimming dive swim float bathing diver bathe bobber aquanaut frogman natator
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Antonyms

drown non-swimmer

Hypernyms

jock athlete

Hyponyms

floater diver plunger aquanaut skin-diver skinny dipper

Phrases with the word

non-swimmer swimmer's ear swimmer's itch swimmer's breathing device avian swimmer

Examples

Nobel prize money is a life-belt thrown to a swimmer who has already reached the shore in safety. George Bernard Shaw

If one synchronised swimmer drowns, do all the rest have to drown too? Steven Wright

She plunged into a sea of platitudes, and with the powerful breast stroke of a channel swimmer made her confident way towards the white cliffs of the obvious. W. Somerset Maugham

He doesn't see water, otherwise he is a skilled swimmer. Persian Proverb

The best swimmer is the first to drown himself. Italian Proverb

A goose's child is a swimmer. Egyptian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

swimmable swimmably swimmate swimmer's breathing device swimmer's ear swimmer's itch