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repeaters

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plural of repeater

Synonyms & Antonyms of repeaters

1 as in recidivists, relapsers

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for repeaters

backsliders,
recidivists,
relapsers

criminals,
crooks,
culprits,
lawbreakers,
malefactors,
miscreants,
offenders

misdemeanants

accomplices,
principals

desperadoes
(or desperados),
outlaws

convicts,
jailbirds

perpetrators,
perps

evildoers,
gallows birds,
misdoers,
misfeasors,
sinners,
transgressors,
trespassers,
villains,
wrongdoers

blackhanders,
button men,
gangsters,
hoodlums,
hooligans,
mobsters,
racketeers,
thugs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for repeaters

gangbusters,
lawmen

2 as in assault weapons, machine guns

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for repeaters

AK-47s,
assault rifles,
assault weapons,
automatics,
carbines,
machine guns,
machine pistols,
submachine guns,
tommy guns

blunderbusses,
breechloaders,
culverins,
fieldpieces,
firelocks,
flintlocks,
harquebuses
(or arquebuses),
matchlocks,
muskets,
rifles,
shotguns,
smoothbores,
twenty-twos
(or .22s)

spearguns

self-loaders,
semiautomatics

derringers,
forty-fives
(or .45s),
gats
[slang],
handguns,
pistols,
revolvers,
rods
[slang],
roscoes
[slang],
sidearms,
six-guns,
six-shooters,
zip guns

arms,
firearms,
guns,
heat
[slang],
pieces,
small arms

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“Repeaters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repeaters. Accessed 26 Jun. 2022.

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