Synonyms of shooters

shooters

noun

plural of shooter

1

as in guns

a person skilled in shooting at a target

there were eight shooters taking turns at the same target in the final competition

Synonyms & Similar Words

• guns
• marksmen
• sharpshooters
• shots
• snipers
• gunners
• riflemen
• trapshooters
• gunmen
• markswomen

2

as in photographers

one who takes photographs

he's one of the best shooters of wildlife in all of professional photography

Synonyms & Similar Words

• photographers
• photogs
• lensmen
• shutterbugs
• cinematographers
• paparazzi

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shooters

Police are seeking additional people who fired weapons during a shooting at Virginia State University that wounded five, as investigators work to determine whether the other shooters were aggressors or acting in self-defense. — Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Authorities previously said there were multiple shooters, but no more information has been provided about any additional suspects. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 16 Aug. 2026

For travel and action shooters, this means one compact unit covers immersive footage, standard social clips, and traditional action-cam duties. — New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026

After the September 2025 shooting, law enforcement said the social media companies were slow to produce information about the shooter's online profiles, which included posts idolizing of other mass shooters. — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 12 Aug. 2026

Multiple school shooters have attempted to live-stream their attacks; other people have broadcast their suicides. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026

With too much shotgun recoil, shooters tend to pull their head off the stock or get inconsistent with their gun mount. — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 12 Aug. 2026

Patterson said that on June 14, a teen takeover occurred in Charlotte's Romare Bearden Park, resulting in the shooting of two teens, ages 15 and 18, and the arrests of three alleged shooters, two 16-year-olds and a 15-year-old. — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

Two people were killed and several others injured when two shooters opened fire at Canada’s largest street festival in Toronto in July. — Mark Morales, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026