submersible

Meaning

Adj

Able to be submerged.

Noun

1. (British) A small nonmilitary, non-nuclear submarine for exploration.
2. (British) A retroactive term used for non-nuclear submarines; nuclear submarines are termed "true submarines".
3. (British) A term used primarily by some navies for nuclear submarines, termed "true submersibles", because they cannot retroactively declare that their non-nuclear submarines should be called by a different name.
4. (US) A very small "baby" submarine designed for specific localized missions, usually while tethered to a submarine or ship for life support and communications. Slang synonyms: midget-submarine, anchor.
5. An underwater vehicle with limited mobility, similar to a submarine, but less mobile.

Synonyms

submergible

submersible warship

phreatic water

sub

submarine

dive

underwater

U-boat

pigboat

submerge

groundwater

Translations

submergible

submarino

sumergible

submersible

sommergibile

untertauchbar

Tauchboot

υποβρύχιο

κατάδυτος

submergible

غاطس

versenkbar

afzinkbaar

josmarin

Etymology

From submerse + -ible.