diver

noun

div·​er ˈdī-vər 

1

: one that dives

2

a

: a person who stays underwater for long periods by having air supplied from the surface or by carrying a supply of compressed air

b

: any of various birds that obtain food by diving in water

especially : loon

Examples of diver in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Additionally, divers observed sandfalls cascading down the sinkhole’s walls, a process that suggests the Great Blue Hole is slowly filling in over time. —Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025

On Saturday morning, more personnel and equipment joined the U.S. and Lithuanian search effort, including specialized divers from the U.S. Navy’s Commander Task Force 68 who arrived from Spain, according to a news release from the U.S. Army, Europe and Africa. —Mosheh Gains, NBC news, 29 Mar. 2025

The 1980 Toyota Celica driven by Karen Schepers, a 23-year-old Elgin woman missing since 1983, was found Monday night at the bottom of the Fox River by divers using specialized sonar equipment. —Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025

Sunbathing college students and vacation-goers dipped in the very waters divers were combing for evidence days earlier. —Alaa Elassar, CNN, 24 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1506, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing diver

• Dumpster diver
• free diver
• scuba diver
• skin diver

Rhymes for diver

• driver
• fiver
• hiver
• kiver
• niver
• stiver
• revivor
• screwdriver
• survivor