Synonyms of guns

guns 1 of 2

noun

plural of gun

as in weapons

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

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

guns

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verb

present tense third-person singular of gun

as in shoots

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

• shoots
• drills
• pops
• plugs
• kills
• pistols
• drops
• destroys
• shotguns
• slaughters
• slays
• machine-guns
• brings down
• blows away
• picks off
• fires (at)
• shoots down
• peppers
• blazes
• tommy-guns
• butchers
• massacres
• blasts (at)
• dispatches
• potshots
• snipes (at)
• wipes out
• ices
• fells
• annihilates
• blots out
• does in
• decimates
• croaks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of guns

Noun

Body-camera video released by Miami Beach police shows officers pointing their guns at the suspect and ordering him to the ground. — Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026

These Black women living in post-emancipation Texas decided to pass for white and wield their beauty and guns to save their family’s land and legacy. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Nov. 2026

Keeping guns away For Dunne, who spearheaded the July report on violence against women for the city and county task force, there was one clear factor behind the rise in nonfatal shootings. — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026

The guns were originally designed for sea duty but were adapted for land use in 2023 to deal with drones and loitering munitions that can circle about looking for targets. — New Atlas, 8 Nov. 2026

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

So much so that, in Wild Horse Nine, Chris and Lee both stay there, picking fights with unsuspecting tourists and waving their guns around in the rooms. — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026

One comparable system is Germany’s Rheinmetall Skynex, which uses 35 mm guns and programmable AHEAD ammunition to provide short-range air defense. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026

The two sides fired white, smoky volleys, their guns making a black-powder hiss-bang. — Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026

Verb

Both guns the suspect used in the shooting were acquired legally in San Antonio in 2017, Davis said. — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026

The military seemingly guns her down during a confrontation with Hopper and Eleven. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Jan. 2026

One dog manages to escape the store, but Noem quickly catches up to it and brutally guns it down. — Jack Dunn, Variety, 12 Aug. 2025