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

Along any coastline, fresh and saltwater mix relatively close to the surface, forming a mix so destructive to limestone that the places with similar bedrock like the Bahamas and the Yucatan peninsula are now riddled with underground caves popular with divers. —Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 1 Dec. 2025

Last Breath recreates a terrifying 2012 incident, in which a deep-sea diver was stranded on the sea floor without oxygen during an attempt to fix a North Sea gas pipeline. —Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025

Authorities quickly discovered that a diver who had been reported missing, a 65-year-old man from Victoria, Australia, had drowned. —Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025

Dedicated snorkelers and divers will do better to book a trip for the drier months between December and April, when unbeatable underwater visibility gives Ambergris Caye some of the clearest waters in the world. —Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1511, 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