Synonyms of handgun

handgun

noun

as in pistol

Related Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of handgun

After entering the business, one of the suspects brandished a handgun at an employee while the other two stole cash and miscellaneous merchandise, Shih said. — Jason Green, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026

Prosecutors allege a handgun in Mangione’s backpack matched the ballistics evidence found at the crime scene. — Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026

And a line of four National Guard members in full uniform, each armed with a handgun, walked single file through the scene. — Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 11 Aug. 2026

The 12-year-old faces additional charges of two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and possession of a handgun by a minor, according to the Kern County district attorney’s office. — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026