Definition for Dive:

• A plunge headforemost into water; as, to take a high dive requires nerve.

Synonyms for Dive:

• n.

  •
  • cocktail lounge,
  • diner,
  • motel,
  • the House,
  • honky-tonk,
  • bistro,
  • club,
  • inn.
  •
  • wade in,
  • enter,
  • collapse,
  • shrinkage,
  • reduction,
  • cutback,
  • cut.
  •
  • bathing,
  • crawl,
  • the butterfly,
  • backstroke,
  • decompression,
  • belly flop,
  • bathe,
  • cannonball,
  • breaststroke.
  •
  • hasten,
  • outpace,
  • surge,
  • be quick on your feet,
  • race,
  • charge,
  • gallop,
  • speed.
  •
  • blank.
  •
  • go down,
  • come down,
  • lose your balance/footing,
  • slip,
  • lower.
  •
  • jerk,
  • twitch,
  • flick,
  • rush,
  • flutter,
  • start.
  •act (noun)
  • dive,
  • diving.
  •artifact (noun)
  • honkytonk.
  •cabaret (noun)
  • discotheques,
  • speakeasies,
  • after-hours joint,
  • nightery,
  • night spot,
  • discotheque,
  • supper club,
  • watering holes.
  •casino (noun)
  • rotunda,
  • track,
  • roadhouse,
  • big store,
  • joint,
  • roadhouses,
  • rotundas,
  • clubhouse,
  • betting house,
  • dice joint,
  • dance hall,
  • gambling den,
  • clubhouses,
  • pool hall.
  •comedown (noun)
  • de scent,
  • de feats,
  • de-motion,
  • dis appointment,
  • de-scents,
  • de-feats,
  • un-doings,
  • un-doing,
  • anti-climax,
  • anti climax,
  • dis-appointments,
  • de feat,
  • dis appointments,
  • anti climaxes,
  • de motions,
  • de scents,
  • de motion,
  • anti-climaxes,
  • dis-appointment,
  • un doings,
  • de-scent,
  • un doing,
  • de-feat,
  • re-verse,
  • de-motions,
  • re verse.
  •decline (noun)
  • de volutions,
  • de-generations,
  • dis solutions,
  • dis solution,
  • re-lapses,
  • de cline,
  • de cay,
  • on the skid,
  • de-cay,
  • devolutions,
  • re-cessions,
  • de-volutions,
  • dis-solution,
  • re cession,
  • de generations,
  • dis-solutions,
  • falling offs,
  • on skids,
  • de-volution,
  • de generation,
  • re lapses,
  • weakenings,
  • de-cline,
  • worsenings,
  • on skid,
  • de volution,
  • de clines,
  • re-cession,
  • re-lapse,
  • re lapse,
  • re cessions,
  • de-generation,
  • de-clines,
  • de-cays,
  • de cays,
  • dwindlings.
  •dirty, sleazy establishment (noun)
  • flophouse,
  • taproom,
  • beer garden cabaret,
  • flea trap,
  • hole,
  • barroom,
  • dump,
  • night club.
  •dive (noun)
  • plunk.
  •downslide (noun)
  • drop offs,
  • drop-offs.
  •dropoff (noun)
  • falloffs.
  •fall (noun)
  • de-creases,
  • de gradation,
  • downward slopes,
  • de crease,
  • sur-renders,
  • de-crease,
  • sur renders,
  • de gradations,
  • sur-render,
  • de-gradation,
  • de-gradations,
  • de creases.
  •hangout (noun)
  • stomping ground,
  • stomping grounds.
  •plunge (noun)
  • pitch.
  •restaurant (noun)
  • drive in,
  • doughtnut shop,
  • eating place,
  • hashery,
  • eatery,
  • chophouse,
  • chophouses,
  • lunchrooms,
  • hamburger stand,
  • eating house,
  • drive-in,
  • pizzerias,
  • eateries,
  • lunchroom,
  • fast-food place.
  •saloon (noun)
  • alehouses,
  • beer joint.
  •social place (noun)
  • hang-out.
  •tavern (noun)
  • honky tonk,
  • nineteenth hole,
  • grog shop,
  • taphouse.

• n. & v.

  •pounce (noun, verb)
  • taking unawares,
  • fall upons.

• v.

  •crash (verb)
  • drave into,
  • drave in to,
  • ploughed into,
  • over turning,
  • falling prostrate,
  • pranging,
  • top-pled,
  • driving into,
  • crash landing,
  • over turns,
  • over-balanced,
  • ploughing into,
  • over-turning,
  • crashlands,
  • falls prostrate,
  • fell flat,
  • drives in to,
  • over-turns,
  • crash lands,
  • over balancing,
  • ploughed in to,
  • crashlanding,
  • fell prostrate,
  • up-setting,
  • splashed down,
  • drove into,
  • bite dust,
  • plough in to,
  • crashland,
  • fell headlong,
  • splashes down,
  • over-balances,
  • crash-landed,
  • over balanced,
  • up-sets,
  • crash land,
  • splashing down,
  • up-set,
  • ploughing in to,
  • over-balance,
  • gives way,
  • crash landed,
  • falls headlong,
  • washouted,
  • pancaking,
  • drives into,
  • over-turn,
  • up sets,
  • drive in to,
  • falling flat,
  • falls flat,
  • over balance,
  • over balances,
  • up setting,
  • crash-landing,
  • crash-lands,
  • ploughs into,
  • driving in to,
  • top pled,
  • crashlanded,
  • over-balancing,
  • drove in to,
  • ploughs in to,
  • washouting.
  •descend (verb)
  • de-trained,
  • sloughing off,
  • de scends,
  • de train,
  • de scending,
  • dis embarking,
  • sub siding,
  • de plane,
  • sub merges,
  • deplanes,
  • in clines,
  • loses balance,
  • dis-mounting,
  • dis-mounted,
  • dis-embarks,
  • sub-merging,
  • dis embarked,
  • sub merge,
  • pro-lapsed,
  • pro lapse,
  • in-cline,
  • dis mounted,
  • pro lapsed,
  • sub sides,
  • dis-mount,
  • dis mounting,
  • dis-mounts,
  • in-clines,
  • de-training,
  • caved in,
  • dis embark,
  • sub sided,
  • de-planes,
  • pro lapsing,
  • sub side,
  • losing balance,
  • sub merged,
  • de planes,
  • lost balance,
  • pro-lapses,
  • de-scends,
  • de-trains,
  • sub-siding,
  • dis mount,
  • de-planing,
  • sub merging,
  • sloughed off,
  • sub-sided,
  • de trains,
  • de-scending,
  • in cline,
  • de planed,
  • sub-sides,
  • de-scended,
  • dis mounts,
  • de trained,
  • de-planed,
  • sub-merged,
  • dis-embarked,
  • pro-lapsing,
  • pro-lapse,
  • de scended,
  • dis embarks,
  • de-scend,
  • dis-embarking,
  • sub-merges,
  • de training,
  • de scend,
  • de planing,
  • de-plane,
  • sub-side,
  • dis-embark,
  • sub-merge,
  • pro lapses,
  • de-train.
  •drop (verb)
  • nose dived,
  • re-leases,
  • de-presses,
  • un load,
  • un loads,
  • un-loading,
  • de-pressing,
  • re-leased,
  • nose dove,
  • de press,
  • re lease,
  • re-lease,
  • nosediving,
  • nosedove,
  • un loading,
  • de-pressed,
  • de pressing,
  • re leases,
  • nose diving,
  • un-loads,
  • de pressed,
  • de presses,
  • un-load,
  • un loaded,
  • de-press,
  • nose dives,
  • nose-dove.
  •duck (verb)
  • moving to side,
  • moves side,
  • move side,
  • moving side,
  • moves to side,
  • moved to side,
  • moved side.
  •fall (verb)
  • re cedes,
  • re lapsed,
  • re lapsing,
  • hitting dirt,
  • hits the dirt,
  • was precipitated,
  • drops down,
  • hit dirt,
  • takes a header,
  • de-creased,
  • re-cedes,
  • art precipitated,
  • breaks down,
  • dropped down,
  • tips over,
  • were precipitated,
  • dropt down,
  • dropping down,
  • wert precipitated,
  • wast precipitated,
  • is precipitated,
  • re ceding,
  • am precipitated,
  • re-cede,
  • re-ceded,
  • broke down,
  • re-lapsed,
  • took a header,
  • de-creasing,
  • tipping over,
  • took header,
  • take header,
  • hits dirt,
  • re-ceding,
  • takes header,
  • folds up,
  • folded up,
  • de creased,
  • brake down,
  • folding up,
  • re-lapsing,
  • being precipitated,
  • are precipitated,
  • de creasing,
  • taking header,
  • taking a header,
  • hitting the dirt.
  •fly (verb)
  • jetted over,
  • flat hatting,
  • seagulled,
  • flathat,
  • flat-hats,
  • flat hat,
  • remains aloft,
  • bend throttle,
  • takes a hop,
  • takes hop,
  • flathats,
  • flat-hatted,
  • taking a hop,
  • skying out,
  • bend the throttle,
  • took a hop,
  • jetting out,
  • flat hatted,
  • re aching,
  • bent the throttle,
  • bended throttle,
  • jetting over,
  • bends throttle,
  • bending the throttle,
  • winging in,
  • take hop,
  • takes flight,
  • winged in,
  • jetted out,
  • flathatted,
  • wings in,
  • skies out,
  • taking hop,
  • remaining aloft,
  • takes wing,
  • skyed out,
  • flat hats,
  • bended the throttle,
  • re ached,
  • jets over,
  • bending throttle,
  • bends the throttle,
  • bent throttle,
  • jets out,
  • taking wing,
  • skied out,
  • flathatting,
  • re-ached,
  • re-aching,
  • seagulling,
  • flat-hatting,
  • took hop,
  • took wing,
  • remained aloft.
  •pounce (verb)
  • falling upon,
  • fell up on,
  • took unawares,
  • fall up on,
  • take unaware,
  • takes unawares,
  • falling up on,
  • falls upon,
  • falls up on.
  •swim (verb)
  • dog paddling,
  • dog paddles,
  • highdove,
  • going swimming,
  • freestyles,
  • skinnydip,
  • taking dip,
  • dogpaddled,
  • breast stroke,
  • high dived,
  • high-dived,
  • skinny dips,
  • highdived,
  • dog paddled,
  • goes for a swim,
  • goes for swim,
  • dog-paddles,
  • taking a dip,
  • breast stroking,
  • going for swim,
  • highdiving,
  • breaststroking,
  • goes swimming,
  • went wading,
  • skinnydipping,
  • dogpaddling,
  • breast stroked,
  • highdives,
  • breaststroked,
  • skinny dipping,
  • skinnydips,
  • high-diving,
  • breast-stroked,
  • going for a swim,
  • went swimming,
  • skinny-dipping,
  • take dip,
  • went for a swim,
  • skinny dipped,
  • high dove,
  • skinnydipped,
  • breast strokes,
  • go for swim,
  • going wading,
  • went for swim,
  • dog-paddling,
  • highdive,
  • took a dip,
  • dog-paddled,
  • freestyled,
  • freestyling,
  • goes wading,
  • takes dip,
  • took dip,
  • breast-strokes,
  • breast-stroking,
  • skinny-dips,
  • dogpaddle,
  • takes a dip,
  • breaststrokes,
  • high-dove,
  • dogpaddles,
  • skinny-dipped,
  • high-dives.
  •zoom (verb)
  • shoots up,
  • out-stripped,
  • out strip,
  • out-strips,
  • out-stripping,
  • out-strip,
  • out strips.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • half volley,
  • feint,
  • obstruction,
  • public house,
  • pub,
  • interference,
  • wrong-foot,
  • social club,
  • bobble,
  • alehouse,
  • watering hole,
  • dropkick,
  • speakeasy,
  • beer garden,
  • goal-kick,
  • handball,
  • free kick,
  • downturn,
  • waft,
  • professional foul,
  • play off,
  • penalty kick,
  • hotel,
  • fair play,
  • onrush,
  • wet bar.
  •
  • kickoff,
  • plunge in,
  • chop down,
  • peg back,
  • gamer,
  • backhand,
  • lunge,
  • play out,
  • one-two,
  • bar,
  • play on,
  • power play,
  • wade,
  • hover,
  • hit back.
  •
  • hurdle,
  • life,
  • throw in,
  • spring,
  • set piece,
  • dodge,
  • follow through,
  • blow in,
  • dribble,
  • caper,
  • flounce,
  • skid,
  • tumble,
  • plunge into,
  • run up,
  • wreathe,
  • fumble.
  •
  • deny,
  • take off,
  • chip,
  • volley,
  • retake,
  • ball,
  • flank,
  • offense,
  • slump,
  • bound,
  • drop off,
  • plane,
  • punt,
  • delivery,
  • slice.
  •
  • hop,
  • smash,
  • spill,
  • spike,
  • hold off,
  • dummy,
  • stream,
  • vault,
  • possession,
  • kick.
  •
  • receive,
  • skip,
  • dart,
  • guard,
  • slash,
  • game,
  • come off,
  • shot,
  • tackle,
  • rally,
  • jolt.
  •
  • corner,
  • come-on,
  • throw,
  • foul,
  • flicker.
  •
  • cross,
  • blast,
  • serve,
  • flap,
  • descent.
  •
  • play.
  •
  • spot.
  •
  • field,
  • block,
  • slide,
  • sink,
  • return.
  •
  • catch,
  • go on.
  •
  • drive,
  • touch.
  •
  • cover,
  • go.
  •
  • service.
  •
  • pass,
  • HIT.
  •
  • take.
  •
  • call.
  •descend
  • tobogganing,
  • cataracted,
  • cataracting,
  • plop,
  • Tobogganed,
  • detrain,
  • slough off,
  • prolapsing,
  • detraining,
  • deplane,
  • caving in,
  • prolapse,
  • detrained,
  • sloughs off,
  • prolapsed,
  • lose balance,
  • deplaned,
  • stumble,
  • Prolapses,
  • cave in,
  • caves in,
  • get down,
  • detrains,
  • deplaning,
  • got down.
  •pub
  • speak-easy.
  •swim
  • freestyle,
  • breast-stroke,
  • high diving,
  • go wading,
  • high-dive,
  • go for a swim,
  • dog paddle,
  • dog-paddle,
  • skinny dip,
  • wading,
  • take a dip,
  • go swimming,
  • skinny-dip.
  •zoom
  • shoot up,
  • shooting up.

Paraphrases for Dive:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    diving.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Dives.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    disappoint, dwindling, landing, decreased, falling, declining, dip, dips, reduction, decrease, Declined, decline, declines, lands, pares, sliding, reduced, dropped, slowdown, drift, falls, slipping, fades, Narrows, skid, retreat, stumble, stumbles, weaken, sag, fall, slide, slides, weaker, duty, weak, slip, slips, flat, Slows, lower, sinks, fell, plunge, plunges, slump, slumps, ease, eases, tumble, tumbles, off, down, low, LOWS, cut.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    underexpenditure, springboard, leaving, neighbourhood, devaluation, neighborhood, depreciation, raid, interstate, viilage, moving, drain, descending, casting, waterfall, rave, butcher, Alighting, gradient, latent, shedding, potential, perimeter, vat, graduation, takeoff, out-migration, regulator, submarine, nosedive, lowering, departure, outward, emitting, downhill, giving, Dar, sleeping, downfall, shortfall, sinking, vault, river, emergence, Rafting, balcony, sortie, descent, exiting, move, prospect, midst, tanker, collapse, downside, snowfall, threesome, underway, Prover, jail, demise, plank, ride, downturn, vessel, off-ramp, outing, jumper, bedroom, alley, outflow, chute, ass, hop, bedtime, hellhole, pod, Swam, bed, outbound, doom, ouster, drop-off, piece, night, egress, outlet, time-out, shaft, corner, running, wedge, pop, tank, output, leap, fart, bite, hay, slice, efflux, hood, rout, ink, block, bath, coin, steel, dump, sweep, duck, swim, patch, trip, break-up, wine, dunk, flow, spill, gloom, break, pot, bump, turf, neck, out, exit, sunset, cell, bounce, loon, spot, bust, sleep, sex, nook, tub, nose, town, run, falling, dip, reduction, decrease, decline, sliding, reduced, slowdown, falls, retreat, sag, fall, slide, slip, flat, plunge, slump, ease, tumble, off, down, low, cut.
  • Interjection
    -hide, hide, -hurry, duck.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    diver, divers, diving, drops.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    submergence, engage, diver, diving.
  • Interjection
    dig, pick.
  • Verb, past tense
    Plunged.
  • Verb, base form
    delve, dip, plunge, immerse.

Antonyms for Dive:

• n.

  • descent, usually underwater
    increase, rise, jump, ascent.
  • Other antonyms:
    progress, soaring, betterment, headway, upturn, climb, advance, progression, upswing, leap, improvement.

• v.

  • descend, usually going underwater
    arrive, appear, go up, face, ascend.

Dive Sentence Examples:

• It is recorded of a certain little individual that he was wont to dive through the icy water on a December day.

• Forrester filled his lungs as though he were going to take a very high dive.

Homophones for Dive:

• dph, dupe, daba, dopy, defoe, dweeb, dufy, db, deify, divvy up, dhava, Dubya, dayboy, dub, divvy, dopa, day off, dope off, deaf, doob, deep, devi, daub, doo-wop, dative, dubai, daffo, davy, duff, dope up, dip, doff, dopey, defy, dove, do by, deb, dope, dab, die off, dp, do up, dubyuh, diva.

Hypernym for Dive:

• n.

  • act
    full gainer, belly whopper, jackknife, belly flopper, belly flop, flip, swallow dive, cliff diving, swan dive, gainer, half gainer, belly whop.

• v.

  • motion
    skin-dive, belly-flop, duck, jump, crash-dive, jackknife, chute, snorkel, power-dive, parachute, nosedive.

Hyponym for Dive:

• n.

  • act
    swim, swimming.
  • artifact
    club, cabaret, night club, nightspot, nightclub.

• v.

  • motion
    swim, go down, come down, submerse, submerge, fall, descend.