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

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

Thailand has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the region, with around 10 million firearms estimated to be in circulation, roughly one for every seven inhabitants. — CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

Each year, cities and states across the country spend more than $5 billion purchasing firearms for law enforcement. — Kris Brown, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026

Davis was arrested on April 30 and charged as an adult with multiple firearms and explosives offenses. — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026

One of the teens, 14-year-old Julian Davis, has been charged as an adult with multiple firearms and explosives offenses, authorities said. — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026

Days later, Brun was caught on the wire plotting to acquire a rifle for Manguchei, who, as a felon, was not allowed to own firearms. — Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026

Currently, state law restricts open carry of firearms only in public buildings with security measures like metal detectors and guards. — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026

Dangelo Currie, 29, was charged with violating his probation in a 2017 federal firearms trafficking conviction. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 30 July 2026