submersible

Meanings

Plural: submersibles

Noun

• an apparatus intended for use under water
• a warship designed to operate under water
• A small nonmilitary, non-nuclear submarine for exploration.
• A retroactive term used for non-nuclear submarines; nuclear submarines are termed "true submarines".
• A term used primarily by some navies for nuclear submarines, termed "true submersibles", because they cannot retroactively declare that their non-nuclear submarines should be called by a different name.
• A very small "baby" submarine designed for specific localized missions, usually while tethered to a submarine or ship for life support and communications. Slang synonyms: midget-submarine, anchor.
• An underwater vehicle with limited mobility, similar to a submarine, but less mobile.

Adjective

• capable of being immersed in water or functioning while submerged
  • "a submersible pump"

Adj

• Able to be submerged.

Synonyms

submergible, submersible warship

Antonyms

nonsubmersible, surface ship

Anagrams of submersible