diver

Other forms of diver

plural

divers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about diver

What does diver mean?

diver means "someone who works underwater". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in diver?

diver has 2 syllables: di-ver. The stress falls on "di". In IPA it is /ˈdaɪvɚ/.

What is another word for diver?

Close synonyms include frogman, underwater diver, plunger, loon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is diver a common word?

diver is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.