Synonyms for torpedo
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Submarine
submarine, bomber, sub, wedge, hero sandwich US, hoagie, hero, poor boy, grinder, zep US
2. Gun
3. Electric ray
4. Fish — A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel quickly underwater and is used as a weapon
Other
naval mine, shell, detonator, land mine, thwart, land torpedo dated
Definitions
- n. 1
A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel quickly underwater and is used as a weapon.
- n. 2
An electric ray of the genus Torpedo.
- n. 3
A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel quickly underwater and is used as a weapon. A similar projectile that can travel through space.
- n. 4
Synonym of submarine sandwich.
Related words
- Word family
- torp torpid torpedinous
- Phrases
- land torpedo neato torpedo red-line torpedo barb
Forms
- Plural
- torpedoes → submarines, bombers, subs, wedges…
Example sentences
- sub Berber traders spread Islam in sub-Saharan Africa.
- bomber Tom seems to be unwilling to be a suicide bomber.
- submarine Where can we get boarding passes for the submarine?
- wedge The incident put a wedge between Yanni and Skura.
- gun My brother was threatened by someone waving a gun.
By length
- 3 letters
- gun1, sub1, zep
- 4 letters
- fish1, hero2, torp1
- 5 letters
- shell1, wedge1
- 6 letters
- bomber2, thwart1, hoagie2
- 7 letters
- shooter2, grinder2
- 8 letters
- numbfish
- 9 letters
- submarine3, detonator4, crampfish
- 10 letters
- gunslinger3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hero2 = 2 syllables).