a person or thing that dives a person who works or explores underwater - Also called: loom
any aquatic bird of the genus Gavia, family Gaviidae, and order Gaviiformes of northern oceans, having a straight pointed bill, small wings, and a long body: noted for swiftness and skill in swimming and diving
US and Canadian name: loon any of various other diving birds
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div•er /ˈdaɪvɚ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]a person who plunges into the water in a special posture:an Olympic-class diver.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- a person who dives, esp. one wearing special breathing equipment:Divers searched the wreckage of the submerged plane for survivors.
div•er
(dī′vər),USA pronunciation n.
- a person or thing that dives.
- a person who makes a business of diving, as for pearl oysters or to examine sunken vessels.
- Birds[Brit.]a loon.
- any of several other birds noted for their skill in diving.
- dive + -er1 1500–10
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'diver' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Aqua-Lung
- Cartesian diver
- air-line
- albatross
- ama
- aquanaut
- armstand dive
- back dive
- bottle imp
- cutaway dive
- decompress
- deep-sea
- divergent
- diversified farming
- diversify
- diversionist
- dove
- dry suit
- duck
- duiker
- faceplate
- fledgling
- front dive
- full gainer
- gainer
- graveldiver
- half gainer
- helldiver
- jackknife
- lifeline
- loom
- loon
- merganser
- nondivergence
- nondivergency
- nondivergent
- nondiversification
- nondiversified
- pearl diver
- pike
- precarious
- prediversion
- quasi-diversified
- skin diving
- swallow dive
- swan dive
- umbilical cord
- undivergent
- undiversified
- undiversifying