diver

Meaning

1. Someone who dives, especially as a sport.
2. Someone who works underwater; a frogman.
3. loon (bird)
4. The New Zealand sand diver.
5. The long-finned sand diver.
6. A passenger carrying vehicle using an underground route; specially, a diver tram, one using the former Kingsway tramway subway (1906-1952).
7. (obsolete,slang) pickpocket
8. A competitor in certain sports who is known to regularly imitate being fouled, with the purpose of getting his/her opponent penalised.

Synonyms

loon

frogman

loon

plunger

🪠

underwater diver

aquanaut

diving

merman

🧜‍♂️

dive

scuba diver

swimmer

🏊

unlicensed

unqualified

unregistered

pearl-fisher

breath

oceanaut

pick-pocket

skilled diver

bather

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdaɪ̯vəɹ/

Etymology

From dive + -er.

Sentences

The diver forced open the oyster , revealing a shimmering pearl .