Synonyms for handgun

Most common

side arm · pistol · gat

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A small gun with a relatively short barrel, designed to be held and operated with a single hand.

Related words

Is a kind of

firearm gun weapon

Forms

Plural

handguns → pistols, gats, heaters, burners…

Example sentences

• pistol Bruno shot the alien in the head with his pistol.

Popularity over time

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

By length

3 letters

gat¹

6 letters

pistol², heater², burner²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pistol² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

arme de poing

Deutsch

Faustfeuerwaffe