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frogman

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A Open Water Certified Diver, especially one in a diving suit (as opposed to one not in scuba gear).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A military diver, e.g. a US Navy SEAL.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A member of a naval special operations unit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

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4

noun

Meaning 4

someone who works underwater

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: diver, underwater diver

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: explorer, adventurer

Narrower terms: deep-sea diver, pearl diver, pearler, scuba diver

History

Etymology

From frog + man, due to the fact that frogs are amphibious.

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: ضِفْدِع بَشَرِيّ (ḍifdiʕ bašariyy) — diver
  • Arabic: ضفدع بشري (ḍifdiʕ bašari) — diver
  • Azerbaijani: dalğıc — diver
  • Bulgarian: водолаз (vodolaz) — diver
  • Catalan: home granota — diver
  • Catalan: escafandrista — diver
  • Czech: žabí muž — diver
  • Czech: potápěč — diver
  • Danish: frømand — diver
  • Dutch: kikvorsman — diver
  • Faroese: froskmaður — diver
  • Finnish: sammakkomies — diver
  • French: homme-grenouille — diver
  • German: Froschmann — diver
  • German: Taucher — diver
  • Greek: βατραχάνθρωπος (vatrachánthropos) — diver
  • Hebrew: אִישׁ צְפַרְדֵּעַ (ish tsfardea) — diver
  • Hungarian: békaember — diver
  • Hungarian: búvár — diver
  • Italian: sommozzatore — diver
  • Macedonian: ну́ркач (núrkač) — diver
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: froskemann — diver
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dykkar — diver
  • Polish: płetwonurek — diver
  • Portuguese: homem-rã — diver
  • Russian: водола́з (vodoláz) — diver
  • Russian: легководола́з (lexkovodoláz) — diver
  • Serbo-Croatian: čovjek žaba — diver
  • Serbo-Croatian: čovek žaba — diver
  • Spanish: buzo — diver
  • Spanish: submarinista — diver
  • Spanish: hombre rana — diver
  • Swedish: grodman — diver
  • Thai: มนุษย์กบ (má-nút-gòp) — diver
  • Turkish: dalgıç — diver
  • Ottoman Turkish: طالغج (dalgıc) — diver
  • Danish: frømand — military diver
  • Finnish: taistelusukeltaja — military diver
  • German: Kampfschwimmer — military diver
  • German: Kampftaucher — military diver
  • German: Froschmann — military diver
  • Serbo-Croatian: podvodni diverzant — military diver
  • Vietnamese: người nhái — military diver
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