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aquanaut

aq·ua·naut
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ak-wuh-nawt, -not, ah-kwuh-]
    • /ˈæk wəˌnɔt, -ˌnɒt, ˈɑ kwə-/
    • /ˈæ.kwə.nɔːt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ak-wuh-nawt, -not, ah-kwuh-]
    • /ˈæk wəˌnɔt, -ˌnɒt, ˈɑ kwə-/

Definitions of aquanaut word

  • noun aquanaut a person who lives and works underwater 3
  • noun aquanaut a person who swims or dives underwater 3
  • noun aquanaut a person trained to live and work in a watertight underwater chamber in and from which oceanographic experiments can be conducted 3
  • noun aquanaut a skin diver 3
  • noun aquanaut an undersea explorer, especially one who skin-dives from or lives for an extended period of time in a submerged dwelling. 1
  • noun aquanaut a skin-diver. 1

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Origin of aquanaut

First appearance:

before 1880
One of the 23% newest English words
1880-85; aqua- + -naut, on the model of aeronaut, astronaut, etc.

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Parts of speech for Aquanaut

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

aquanaut popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

aquanaut usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for aquanaut

noun aquanaut

  • diver — a person or thing that dives.
  • swimmer — to move in water by movements of the limbs, fins, tail, etc.

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