submersible

1. 1.

   an apparatus intended for use under water

   Broaderapparatus

   Narrowerbathyscaphebathyspherediving bellminisub
2. 2.

   a warship designed to operate under water

   Synonymssubmersible warship

   Antonymssurface ship

   Broaderwarship

   Narrowersubmarine

1. 1.

   capable of being immersed in water or functioning while submerged

   “a submersible pump”

   “a submergible electric frying pan”

   Synonymssubmergible

   Antonymsnonsubmersible

Other forms of submersible

plural

submersibles·

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 submersible

What does submersible mean?

submersible means "an apparatus intended for use under water". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in submersible?

submersible has 4 syllables: sub-mer-si-ble. The stress falls on "mer". In IPA it is /səbˈmɝsɪbəl/.

What is another word for submersible?

Close synonyms include submersible warship, submergible. 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.

What is the opposite of submersible?

The recorded antonyms are surface ship, nonsubmersible.

Is submersible a common word?

submersible is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.