Synonyms of firearms

firearms

noun

plural of firearm

as in guns

a portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder

will need a permit to carry a firearm

Synonyms & Similar Words

• guns
• rifles
• handguns
• pistols
• arms
• small arms
• revolvers
• shotguns
• pieces
• semiautomatics
• muskets
• heat
• derringers
• sidearms
• six-guns
• six-shooters
• zip guns
• flintlocks
• matchlocks
• blunderbusses
• carbines
• firelocks
• smoothbores
• machine guns
• fieldpieces
• assault weapons
• harquebuses
• breechloaders
• assault rifles
• automatics
• culverins
• submachine guns
• rods
• machine pistols
• gats
• roscoes
• self-loaders
• tommy guns
• AK-47s
• spearguns
• repeaters
• forty-fives
• twenty-twos

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of firearms

Officers seized the firearms, deer and other evidence, CDFW said. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

On Monday, Aurora Police Special Operations Group investigators conducted traffic stops on two separate vehicles, resulting in the arrests of two people and the recovery of two firearms, the Aurora Police Department said in a news release. — Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026

Responsible gun ownership and the Second Amendment can coexist with common sense limits on how firearms are carried in public. — Rob Long, Sun Sentinel, 22 Sep. 2026

Nelson reported on the cross-examination of the firearms expert as the defense tried to call the science into question. — Jenny Porter Tilley, IndyStar, 21 Sep. 2026

But after his son Eugene Horsch, 44, was arrested in June on charges involving unlawful firearms and forgery, police made a series of unsettling discoveries at the family home on Chew Avenue in Philly's Olney neighborhood. — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026

He was also told to surrender his passport and any personal firearms. — ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026

For now, the court record describes a shipment declared as storage boxes, coolers and a chair that federal agents say instead contained firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition and an assortment of unfinished receivers and other gun parts. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

The firearms training services are mission-critical and required by all ICE Law Enforcement personnel per ICE Firearms and Use of Force Policy. — Ashley Paul, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026