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

Slota’s online footprint shows a history of endorsing violence against political enemies, training with firearms, and inviting other leftists to prepare for possible armed conflict before his arrest, a Washington Examiner review found. — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026

On his cellphone, according to the complaint, investigators found messages about drug trafficking and firearms, including devices capable of converting Glock pistols into a fully automatic machine gun. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Reynolds later pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of first-degree assault and a firearms violation. — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Academics and researchers have proposed a wide variety of causes for the crisis, like changes in the economy, decreasing social connections, access to firearms, and the pandemic. — Darius Tahir, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

Local media reported that inmates used firearms during the fight. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026

His office was responsible for prosecuting federal crimes, including those related to immigration, terrorism, public corruption, child exploitation, firearms and narcotics. — Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 7 Oct. 2026

Jurors did convict Martin and Payton of being felons in possession of firearms and found allegations of prior felony convictions to be true. — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Three West Hartford police officers then discharged their firearms at Brown from an area along the chain-link fence separating the two residences. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026