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

For blackwater divers, who dive into offshore waters at night, the migration offers an opportunity to glimpse tiny animals. —New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025

The event will include games, trick-or-treating, special lighting and decorations, live music by Billy Lee and the Swamp Critters, divers doing underwater pumpkin carving, and pop-up science stations. —La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025

This mesmerizing presentation of high divers is an ode to the human body in motion. —Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025

The boat therefore needed metal or plastic cages installed around the engines, so that the diver wouldn’t get accidentally cut up by their blades — and finding a boat and then the right cages fit onto the boat would take time. —Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 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