Synonyms of gun

gun 1 of 2

noun

ˈgən 

1

as in firearm

a portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder

while her father preferred hunting with a crossbow, she preferred a gun

Synonyms & Similar Words

• firearm
• rifle
• pistol
• handgun
• arm
• revolver
• shotgun
• small arm
• musket
• piece
• heat
• derringer
• six-shooter
• zip gun
• six-gun
• semiautomatic
• sidearm
• arquebus
• flintlock
• .45
• carbine
• self-loader
• blunderbuss
• firelock
• harquebus
• matchlock
• machine gun
• culverin
• smoothbore
• rod
• gat
• roscoe
• AK-47
• fieldpiece
• .22
• submachine gun
• breechloader
• assault rifle
• machine pistol
• assault weapon
• forty-five
• tommy gun
• speargun
• automatic
• repeater
• twenty-two

2

as in artillery

guns plural large firearms (as cannons or rockets)

the field commander called for the big guns to be deployed for the full-scale assault

Synonyms & Similar Words

• artillery
• weapons
• ordnance
• weaponry
• arms
• ammunition
• munitions
• armament

gun

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verb

as in to shoot

to strike with a missile from a gun

traded stories of the Wild West, when outlaws gunned men down in broad daylight and in cold blood

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shoot
• drill
• pop
• kill
• plug
• drop
• destroy
• slaughter
• slay
• pepper
• fire (at)
• blow away
• pistol
• bring down
• shotgun
• machine-gun
• pick off
• butcher
• shoot down
• massacre
• blast (at)
• blaze
• snipe (at)
• tommy-gun
• fell
• potshot
• dispatch
• wipe out
• ice
• blot out
• annihilate
• decimate
• do in
• croak

Examples of gun in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

My colleague Kristin Stoller talked about stopping gun violence with the families of rap artist Quavo and his late nephew Takeoff. —Diane Brady, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024

In 2017, the ATF collected 1,600 guns without a serial number; four years later in 2021, the number was 19,000 -- a 1000% increase. —Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2024

Verb

The 26-year-old pop star isn’t gunning for any other major awards this cycle, even after winning best new artist at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. —Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 17 Sep. 2024

Last year, Cube and Gillie’s Team Webull took home the trophy as 2x Champions and will be gunning for a third W this year. —Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 9 Aug. 2024

Phrases Containing gun

• big gun
• son of a gun