Standard Lemma guide

minesweeper

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • General-American: /ˈmaɪnˌswipɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: M AY1 N S W IY2 P ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A vehicle, device, or person with the purpose of removing explosive mines (landmines or naval mines).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: minelayer

2

noun

Meaning 2

A vehicle, device, or person with the purpose of removing explosive mines (landmines or naval mines).

A ship specializing in removing naval mines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, often, specifically, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: minelayer

Broader terms: ship, watercraft, vessel, vehicle

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any of various logic-based computer games in which the player has to discover the position of mines in a rectangular grid, based on numerical hints.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, video-games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

ship equipped to detect and then destroy or neutralize or remove marine mines

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ship

History

Etymology

From mine + sweeper.

Across languages

Translations

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: caçamines — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Catalan: dragamines m. — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Catalan: pescamines — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Chinese Mandarin: 掃雷艦 /扫雷舰 (sǎoléijiàn) — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Czech: minolovka — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Danish: minestryger — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Dutch: mijnenveger — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Finnish: miinaharava — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Finnish: miinanraivaaja — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • French: démineur — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • French: dragueur de mines — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Georgian: ტრალერი (ṭraleri) — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Georgian: გამნაღმავი ხომალდი (gamnaɣmavi xomaldi) — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • German: Minenabwehrfahrzeug — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • German: Minenräumboot — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Greek: ναρκαλιευτής (narkalieftís) — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Hungarian: aknaszedő/aknamentesítő/aknakutató hajó — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Hungarian: aknászhajó — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Icelandic: sprengjuleit — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Italian: sminatore — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Italian: dragamine — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Japanese: 掃海艇 (sōkaitei) — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Japanese: 掃海艦 (sōkaikan) — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Korean: 소해정 (sohaejeong) — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Korean: 소뢰정 (soroejeong) — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Korean: 소해선 (sohaeseon) — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Korean: 소해함 (sohaeham) — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Norwegian: minesveipar (1, 2) — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Polish: saper — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Polish: trałowiec — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Romanian: dragor — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Romanian: deminor — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Russian: ми́нный трал, тра́льщик (mínnyj tral, trálʹščik) — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Russian: сапёр (sapjór) — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Spanish: dragaminas — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Spanish: barreminas — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Spanish: buscaminas — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Swedish: minsvepare — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Swedish: minröjare — vehicle, device, or person for the removal of mines
  • Arabic: كانسة الألغام — video game
  • Catalan: pescamines — video game
  • Chinese Mandarin: 掃雷 /扫雷 (sǎoléi) — video game
  • Czech: hledání min — video game
  • Danish: minestryger — video game
  • Dutch: mijnenveger — video game
  • Finnish: miinaharava — video game
  • French: démineur — video game
  • German: Minesweeper — video game
  • Greek: ναρκαλιευτής (narkalieftís) — video game
  • Hungarian: aknakereső — video game
  • Italian: campo minato — video game
  • Japanese: マインスイーパー (mainsuīpā) — video game
  • Korean: 지뢰 찾기 (jiroe chatgi) — video game
  • Polish: saper — video game
  • Portuguese: campo minado — video game
  • Russian: сапёр (sapjór) — video game
  • Slovak: míny — video game
  • Spanish: buscaminas — video game
  • Swedish: minröj — video game
  • Turkish: mayın tarlası — video game
  • Vietnamese: dò mìn — video game
Real reading context

minesweeper in complete knowledge articles