Synonyms of pistols

pistols 1 of 2

noun

plural of pistol

as in dynamos

a very energetic person

a real pistol, she dances rings around the other performers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dynamos
• powerhouses
• fireballs
• live wires
• achievers
• comers
• highfliers
• hustlers
• enterprisers
• bootstrappers
• doers
• hummers
• go-aheads
• self-starters
• go-getters
• dashers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loafers
• idlers
• loungers
• triflers
• slugs
• dawdlers
• shirkers
• drones
• slackers
• couch potatoes
• clock-watchers
• goldbricks
• sluggards
• deadbeats
• slouches
• layabouts
• slugabeds
• loiterers
• lazybones
• laggards
• lingerers
• slowpokes
• do-nothings
• dalliers
• stick-in-the-muds

pistols

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of pistol

as in shotguns

Related Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pistols

Noun

In the first attack, eight gunmen armed with AK-47 rifles and pistols opened fire at a bar southwest of Johannesburg late Saturday. — Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

In the first attack, eight gunmen armed with AK-47 rifles and pistols opened fire at a bar near Johannesburg late on Saturday. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

More than 30 guns, including numerous pistols, rifles and shotguns, a crossbow, tactical gear, ammunition and electronics, were found by authorities while executing three search warrants at residences associated with the attackers. — Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026

In one black storage bin, agents found pistols beneath a lead plate. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

The ruling does not apply to the country's most popular firearms, such as AR-15s and Glock pistols, which are standard weapons available for sale commercially and regulated largely under a different federal law. — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

Police have said they attacks appeared random and unprovoked, and that officers fired their pistols after ⁠Tasers ​failed to stop the ​woman from advancing toward them with knives. — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Bodycam clip shows struggle to stop suspect In a short clip of body camera footage released by the department, officers are seen advancing with pistols drawn on the four-door Nissan that Cromwell was driving. — David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Aug. 2026

According to a criminal complaint, police recovered two semiautomatic pistols and a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle from Foster’s home. — Ben Brachfeld, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026