Dive

//daɪv//

Synonyms for "dive" (263 found)

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markdown melt away mine move nightclub nose dive nose-dive nosedive panel den panel house parachute parachute jump pare pitch plop plummet plummeting plump plunk pothouse pounce pounce on pounce upon power dive pratfall price cut price fall price reduction pub public public house pull-up pullout pushdown rathskeller red light district red-light district reduce reduction remission retreat rig for diving rolling rumshop run low running dive sag saloon saloon bar settle shave shrink sideslip sink sink of iniquity skin-dive skinny-dip sky dive sky-dive slash slowdown slump sound speakeasy spill spiral sporting house sprawl spring stall stationary dive stew stews stoop stumble stunting submerge submergence subside subsidence surface surfacing swan dive swim swoop swoop down tactical maneuvers tail off take a header taproom tavern tenderloin tread water trim trip tumble tunnel volplane wade wane waste waste away wear wear away whorehouse wine shop zoom

Noun(2 words)

nose dive nosedive

Verb(2 words)

plunge plunk

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

18 relation types

More general

15 entries

cabaret club come down descend descent fall go down night club nightclub nightspot submerge submerse swim swimming

Antonyms

1 entries

emerge

Synonyms

1 entries

honkytonk

dbpedia genre

1 entries

hard rock

derived

54 entries

Klinsmann dive Stengel dive back dive backward dive bedoven crash dive crash-dive deep dive deep-dive divable dive bar dive boat dive bomber dive brick dive computer dive in

Showing 16 of 54 words.

etymologically related_to

3 entries

deep dip diva

form of

1 entries

diva

has context

4 entries

aviation slang sports water sport

has first_subevent

4 entries

get wet hold breath jump take breath

has last_subevent

6 entries

decompress hit water hold breath look before do resurface swim

has prerequisite

22 entries

balance myself breathe check depth find deep water go outdoors go to pool go to swimming pool have diving board jump know how to first know how to swim learn how to swim learn in diving school learn to swim make sure there water below on edge

Showing 16 of 22 words.

has subevent

17 entries

bounce on springboard enter water get wet hit head if it's shallow hitting water wrong hold breath hold breathe increasing pressure surrounding body jump jump from diving board leap into water put on bathing suit put on noseplugs receive yellow card speed stand in right position

Showing 16 of 17 words.

instance of

1 entries

manga

is a

4 entries

descent manga single swimming

manner of

3 entries

descend submerge swim

motivated by_goal

14 entries

explore fun get in pool get in water get into water get into water quickly go deep under water have fun have fun in water in water see reef see tropical fish see what's under water swim

related to

76 entries

action activity aerial bar cannonball cause coral decline deep descend descent diva diving down dunk entering

Showing 16 of 76 words.

similar

3 entries

dump plunge

Translations

256 translations across 55 languages.

Arabic

4 entries

غطس verb (to jump into water head-first)
غَاصَ verb (to swim under water)
غَطْسَ verb (to jump into water head-first)
نقز فالما verb (to jump into water head-first)

Assamese

3 entries

ডুব দে verb (to jump into water head-first)
ডুব মাৰা verb (to swim under water)
ডুব মৰা verb (to swim under water)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

şığıma noun (aerial descend with the nose pointed down)

Belarusian

4 entries

ныра́ць verb (to swim under water)
ныра́ць verb (to jump into water head-first)
нырну́ць verb (to swim under water)
нырну́ць verb (to jump into water head-first)

Bulgarian

4 entries

гмуркане noun (a swim under water)
пикиране noun (aerial descend with the nose pointed down)
скок във вода noun (a jump into water)
спускане noun (a decline)

Catalan

4 entries

estirada noun (deliberate fall after a challenge)
bussejar verb (to swim under water)
capbussar-se verb (to swim under water)
capbussar-se verb (to jump into water head-first)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries

插水 noun (deliberate fall after a challenge)
跳水 noun (a jump into water)
插水 verb (sports: imitate a foul)
跳水 verb (to jump into water head-first)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

假摔 noun (deliberate fall after a challenge)
暴跌 verb (to descend)
潛水 /潜水 verb (to swim under water)
跳水 verb (to jump into water head-first)

Czech

2 entries

nafilmovat verb (sports: imitate a foul)
potopit verb (to swim under water)

Danish

2 entries

dykke verb (to swim under water)
filme verb (sports: imitate a foul)

Dutch

4 entries

buurtcafé noun (seedy bar)
duik noun (a jump into water)
duik noun (a swim under water)
fopduik noun (deliberate fall after a challenge)

Esperanto

4 entries

plonĝi verb (to swim under water)
plonĝi verb (to jump into water head-first)
plonĝi verb (to descend)
subakviĝi verb (to swim under water)

Faroese

1 entries

kava verb (to swim under water)

Finnish

4 entries

filmaaminen noun (deliberate fall after a challenge)
lasku noun (a decline)
näytteleminen noun (deliberate fall after a challenge)
räkälä noun (seedy bar)

French

4 entries

bouge noun (seedy bar)
boui-boui noun (seedy bar)
chiqué noun (deliberate fall after a challenge)
comédie noun (deliberate fall after a challenge)

Galician

4 entries

mergullo noun (a jump into water)
mergullo noun (a swim under water)
mergullar verb (to swim under water)
mergullar verb (to jump into water head-first)

Georgian

2 entries

ყვინთვა verb (to swim under water)
ჩაყვინთვა verb (to swim under water)

German

4 entries

Kaschemme noun (seedy bar)
Schwalbe noun (deliberate fall after a challenge)
Spelunke noun (seedy bar)
Tauchen noun (a swim under water)

Greek

2 entries

βουτιά noun (a jump into water)
κατάδυση verb (to jump into water head-first)

Hawaiian

1 entries

luʻu verb (to swim under water)

Hebrew

4 entries

צלילה noun (a swim under water)
צלילה noun (aerial descend with the nose pointed down)
צָלַל verb (to swim under water)
צָלַל verb (to descend)

Hindi

2 entries

डुबकी verb (to swim under water)
डुबकी verb (to jump into water head-first)

Hungarian

1 entries

búvárkodik verb (to swim under water)

Icelandic

2 entries

kafa verb (to swim under water)
stinga sér verb (to jump into water head-first)

Indonesian

4 entries

meloncat ke dalam air noun (a jump into water)
menyelam noun (a swim under water)
loncat indah verb (to jump into water head-first)
menyelam verb (to swim under water)

Irish

2 entries

tum verb (to jump into water head-first)
tum verb (to descend)

Italian

4 entries

bettola noun (seedy bar)
caduta noun (a decline)
immersione noun (a swim under water)
picchiata noun (aerial descend with the nose pointed down)

Japanese

2 entries

潜る verb (to swim under water)
飛び込む verb (to jump into water head-first)

Korean

4 entries

무자맥질 noun (a swim under water)
잠수 noun (a swim under water)
잠수(潜水)) noun (a swim under water)
뛰어들다 verb (to jump into water head-first)

Latgalian

1 entries

nirkuot verb (to swim under water)

Latin

2 entries

praeceps dēsiliō verb (to jump into water head-first)
urinor verb (to swim under water)

Latvian

3 entries

nirt verb (to swim under water)
nirt verb (to jump into water head-first)
ņurkot verb (to swim under water)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

dauchen verb (to swim under water)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡶᡠᡵᡳᠮᠪᡳ verb (to swim under water)

Māori

4 entries

ruku verb (to swim under water)
tirikohu verb (to jump into water head-first)
tiripou verb (to jump into water head-first)
titipou verb (to jump into water head-first)

Nanai

1 entries

пурин verb (to swim under water)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

filming noun (deliberate fall after a challenge)
simulering noun (deliberate fall after a challenge)
dykke verb (to swim under water)
filme verb (sports: imitate a foul)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

dykka verb (to swim under water)

Old English

1 entries

dūfan verb (to swim under water)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

باتاقخانه noun (seedy bar)
طالمق verb (to swim under water)
طالمق verb (to jump into water head-first)

Polish

4 entries

dziura noun (seedy bar)
knajpa noun (seedy bar)
melina noun (seedy bar)
mordownia noun (seedy bar)

Portuguese

4 entries

antro noun (seedy bar)
inferninho noun (seedy bar)
mergulho noun (a jump into water)
mergulho noun (a swim under water)

Quechua

1 entries

ch'ultikuy verb (to swim under water)

Rapa Nui

2 entries

ruku verb (to swim under water)
ruku verb (to jump into water head-first)

Romanian

4 entries

alunecare noun (a decline)
plonjare noun (a jump into water)
scufundare noun (a swim under water)
plonja verb (to jump into water head-first)

Russian

4 entries

забега́ловка noun (seedy bar)
каба́к noun (seedy bar)
ныро́к noun (a jump into water)
пивну́шка noun (seedy bar)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries

roniti verb (to swim under water)

Spanish

4 entries

antro noun (seedy bar)
bareto noun (seedy bar)
buceo noun (a swim under water)
clavada noun (a jump into water)

Swedish

4 entries

dyk noun (a jump into water)
dyk noun (a swim under water)
filmning noun (deliberate fall after a challenge)
sunkhak noun (seedy bar)

Thai

2 entries

การพุ่งล้ม noun (deliberate fall after a challenge)
ดำ verb (to swim under water)

Turkish

1 entries

dalmak verb (to swim under water)

Ukrainian

3 entries

ниря́ти verb (to swim under water)
пірна́ти verb (to jump into water head-first)
пірну́ти verb (to jump into water head-first)

Uzbek

2 entries

suvga verb (to swim under water)
suvga verb (to jump into water head-first)

Vietnamese

1 entries

lặn verb (to swim under water)

Walloon

1 entries

plonkî verb (to jump into water head-first)

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

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The sperm whale can dive to a depth of 1,000 meters.

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The giant plane screamed down in an almost vertical dive.

Source: tatoeba (45496)

As we dive deeper, the water becomes colder.

Source: tatoeba (269502)

Who wants to find pearls, has to dive deep.

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Dive

Synonyms for "dive" (263 found)

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Related words (131)

Related word relations

More general

Antonyms

Synonyms

dbpedia genre

derived

etymologically related_to

form of

has context

has first_subevent

has last_subevent

has prerequisite

has subevent

instance of

is a

manner of

motivated by_goal

related to

similar

Translations

Arabic

Assamese

Azerbaijani

Belarusian

Bulgarian

Catalan

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Faroese

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Hawaiian

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Indonesian

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Korean

Latgalian

Latin

Latvian

Luxembourgish

Manchu

Māori

Nanai

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Nynorsk

Old English

Ottoman Turkish

Polish

Portuguese

Quechua

Rapa Nui

Romanian

Russian

Serbo-Croatian

Spanish

Swedish

Thai

Turkish

Ukrainian

Uzbek

Vietnamese

Walloon