noun
Meaning 1
Someone who skydives.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
skydiver
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General-American: /ˈskaɪˌdaɪvɚ/
noun
Meaning 2
a person who jumps from a plane and performs various gymnastic maneuvers before pulling the parachute cord
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: parachutist, parachuter, parachute jumper
History
Etymology
From skydive + -er or sky + diver.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 高空跳傘者 /高空跳伞者 (gāokōng tiàosǎn zhě) — someone who skydives
- Finnish: laskuvarjohyppääjä — someone who skydives
- German: Fallschirmspringer — someone who skydives
- German: Fallschirmspringerin — someone who skydives
- Japanese: スカイダイバー (sukaidaibā) — someone who skydives
- Korean: 스카이다이버 (seukaidaibeo) — someone who skydives
- Polish: spadochroniarz — someone who skydives
- Russian: парашютист (parašutist) — someone who skydives
- Russian: скайдайвер (skajdajver) — someone who skydives
- Swedish: fallskärmshoppare — someone who skydives
- Turkish: hava dalışçısı — someone who skydives