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Synonyms for gun

  • noun

Most common

trigger man shooter torpedo gunslinger cannon howitzer gas firearm

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Shooter

shooter, trigger man, torpedo, gunslinger, hired gun

2. Cannon

cannon, howitzer, artillery, ordnance

3. Gas

gas, gas pedal US CA, throttle, accelerator

4. Firearm — A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy, a firearm, cannon…

firearm, pistol, rifle, revolver, musket, flintlock, blunderbuss, gat, piece

Other

shot-gun, gunner, hammer, trigger, grease gun informal, matchlock, arquebus rare

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot. A less portable, long firearm that fires bullets or projectiles; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic; a flintlock, musket or shotgun.

  2. n. 2

    A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot.

    Guns were considered improvements of crossbows and catapults.

  3. n. 3

    A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot. A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol, or Derringer.

  4. n. 4

    A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot. A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity.

Related words

Word family
guncotton gunfire gunfucker gunloon gunmaker gunman gunnel gunner
Phrases
big gun hired gun ray gun bum gun organ gun pellet gun snap gun squirt gun
Is a kind of
weapon

Forms

Plural
guns → shooters, torpedoes, gunslingers, cannons…

Example sentences

  • shooter There was a school shooter threat at my school today.
  • torpedo A torpedo sunk the ship Tom's grandfather was on.
  • gunslinger Tom looks great with his gunslinger beard and mustache.
  • cannon That battalion over there? It's just cannon fodder.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
gunrising
shooterrising
torpedosteady
gunslingerrising
cannonrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
gas1, gat1
5 letters
piece1, rifle2
6 letters
hammer2, cannon2, pistol2, gunner2, musket2
7 letters
trigger2, shooter2, firearm3, torpedo3
8 letters
throttle2, ordnance2, revolver3, howitzer3, arquebus
9 letters
artillery4, flintlock2, matchlock2
10 letters
gunslinger3
11 letters
accelerator5, blunderbuss

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rifle2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
flingue
Deutsch
Knarre