submergible

1. 1.

   capable of being immersed in water or functioning while submerged

   “a submersible pump”

   “a submergible electric frying pan”

   Synonymssubmersible

Questions about submergible

What does submergible mean?

submergible means "capable of being immersed in water or functioning while submerged".

How many syllables are in submergible?

submergible has 4 syllables: sub-mer-gi-ble. The stress falls on "mer".

What is another word for submergible?

Close synonyms include submersible. 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 submergible a common word?

submergible is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.