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
• hustler
• doer
• hummer
• 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

Related 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pistol

Noun

Nadal was later discharged from the hospital on Friday afternoon and booked on charges of unlawful discharge of a firearm, possession of a high-capacity magazine, use of a machine gun in a violent crime and carrying a pistol without a permit. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026

But Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever, upon return from this week’s NATO summit in Turkey, discovered a pistol and live ammunition in his possession, courtesy of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. — Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 9 July 2026

Investigators recovered spent pistol casings at the scene, the SBU said. — Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

Her body was found with gunshot wounds to the head and pistol casings, according to police and the Ukrainian Prosecutor’s Office. — Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 7 July 2026