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

Bragg's office contends that the state charges, including murder and firearms offenses, involve different legal elements and criminal conduct than federal charges, which alleged Mangione traveled across state lines to stalk and kill Thompson. — ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

Mangione had previously also faced a charge of murder through the use of a firearm, which carried a possible death penalty sentence, but that federal charge and an additional firearms charge was dropped in January. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026

The charges carry a maximum penalty of life in prison and are separate from the state allegations, which include second-degree murder and firearms crimes. — Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2026

Federal agents raided a Miami Gardens home this week and found a machine gun-making factory, along with homemade, automatic weapons and devices used to switch semiautomatic weapons to fully-automatic firearms, according to a criminal complaint. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026

The state charges pertain to the killing itself, as well as firearms offenses. — Michael R. Sisak, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026

Jonathan Arboleda, 30, and Wilson Martinez, 41, were both hit with federal firearms charges Thursday for the broad daylight, July 21 showdown in Cypress Hills. — John Annese, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026

Oliver and Kennedy were previously arrested together with firearms and were both on probation in Montgomery County. — Laura Fay, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

Along with those who died, more than 20 people were injured in Thailand’s worst mass shooting since 2022, which has reignited debate over firearms control in Southeast Asia’s largest gun-owning nation. — CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026