'Diver' definitions:
Definition of 'diver'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who works underwater [syn: diver, frogman, underwater diver]
noun
Someone who dives (into water) [syn: diver, plunger]
noun
Large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes [syn: loon, diver]
Definition of 'Diver'
From: GCIDE
- Diver \Div"er\, n.
- 1. One who, or that which, dives. [1913 Webster]
- Divers and fishers for pearls. --Woodward. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: One who goes deeply into a subject, study, or business. "A diver into causes." --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) Any bird of certain genera, as Urinator (formerly Colymbus), or the allied genus Colymbus, or Podiceps, remarkable for their agility in diving. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The northern diver (Urinator imber) is the loon; the black diver or velvet scoter (Oidemia fusca) is a sea duck. See Loon, and Scoter. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'diver'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bather,
- bathing beauty,
- bathing girl,
- cannon,
- cutpurse,
- deep-sea diver,
- dip,
- free diver,
- frogman,
- jumper,
- mermaid,
- merman,
- natator,
- parachute jumper,
- pearl diver,
- plunger,
- scuba diver,
- skin diver,
- sky diver,
- snorkel diver,
- swimmer,
- wire