Synonyms of pistol

pistol 1 of 2

noun

ˈpi-stᵊl 

as in dynamo

a very energetic person

a real pistol, she dances rings around the other performers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dynamo
• powerhouse
• fireball
• live wire
• achiever
• highflyer
• hustler
• hummer
• doer
• self-starter
• go-ahead
• bootstrapper
• comer
• enterpriser
• dasher
• highflier
• go-getter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loafer
• idler
• trifler
• lounger
• slug
• couch potato
• dawdler
• drone
• shirker
• slacker
• slouch
• do-nothing
• goldbrick
• deadbeat
• sluggard
• clock-watcher
• layabout
• laggard
• loiterer
• lazybones
• lingerer
• slowpoke
• slugabed
• dallier
• stick-in-the-mud

pistol

2 of 2

verb

as in to shotgun

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Examples of pistol in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The family of four was shot dead by a 9mm pistol a combination of 20 times in their Romeoville, Ill. home on Sept. 16, 2023, and were discovered on Sept. 17. —Charna Flam, People.com, 5 Oct. 2024

Bui was arrested Sunday just after noon at his San Jose home, where investigators reported seizing three guns, including two Glock .40-caliber pistols. —Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2024

Kim became a breakout star in Paris after taking home silver for South Korea in the 10-meter air pistol women’s event. —Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 25 Sep. 2024

Worthy explained her decision on Wednesday, saying evidence indicated Welch walked into the argument holding a pistol in a threatening manner and approached the shooter. —Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 18 Sep. 2024