Home › Words › A › apneistapneistapneist · noun — A free-diver.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyBorrowed from French apnéiste, Italian apneista, or Spanish apneísta. Equivalent to apnea + -ist.nounA free-diver.e.g.“These "no-limits" free dives are basically variable-weight dives, where the apneist descends pulled by a sliding weight, and ascends by inflating some air balloon.” — 1994 May 5, Olivier Devuns, “DEEP free-diver dies”, in rec.scuba (Usenet), retrieved 21 Sep 2022:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.apnoeal 65% match — Of or characterized by apnoea. vs apneist →apneustic 65% match — Of or relating to apneusis. vs apneist →apneic 64% match — Exhibiting or relating to apnea: no longer breathing vs apneist →aquanaut 63% match — An underwater explorer. vs apneist →aqualungist 61% match — A diver who uses an aqualung. vs apneist →apneusis 60% match — An abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by deep, gasping inspiration with a pause at full inspiration followed by a brief, insufficient release. vs apneist →diver 60% match — Someone who dives, especially as a sport. vs apneist →ama 59% match — A traditional Japanese pearl diver, usually female, who mainly dives for seafood, typically without any tool for breathing. vs apneist →