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

Klęczar said the attacker’s father legally owned more than 10 guns and that the attacker also owned firearms. — ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026

Chrinos was charged with carrying a rifle outside a home or business, three counts of unlawful transportation of a firearm, three counts of unregistered firearms and three counts of unregistered ammunition, DHS said. — Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 7 Nov. 2026

Police have also seized twice as many firearms, crediting proactive enforcement efforts for helping reduce violence. — Nina Burns, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026

He was released under conditions which included turning in any firearms or other dangerous weapons within 48 hours, not possessing any firearms and staying away from Nichols School, according to Cook County court documents. — Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026

Luna’s modeling work also includes appearances in Sports Illustrated and Liberty Belles, a now-defunct conservative pro-Second Amendment publication that featured women posing in camouflage bikinis with firearms in hand. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026

Police later recovered the firearms in the bottom of a muddy canal at Northwest 10th Street and 18th Avenue. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026

Authorities collected electronic devices, firearms and ammunition through the investigation, which remains ongoing, per the release. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2026

Advocates tout the measure as the most comprehensive update in a decade to the state's firearms laws. — Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026