Synonyms of shotgun

shotgun 1 of 3

adjective

as in chance

Related Words

• chance
• scattershot
• accidental
• random
• inadvertent
• spot
• incidental
• unintended
• lucky
• unintentional
• scattered
• casual
• stray
• unpremeditated
• haphazard
• sporadic
• unplanned
• contingent
• fortuitous
• indiscriminate
• aimless
• unconsidered
• desultory
• arbitrary
• slapdash
• chancy
• hit-or-miss
• helter-skelter
• directionless
• catch-as-catch-can
• fluky
• odd
• irregular
• unsystematic
• objectless
• erratic
• purposeless
• disorganized
• disorderly
• undirected
• undiscriminating
• unselective

Dissimilar Words

• regular
• regular
• systematic
• organized
• fixed
• stable
• steady
• orderly
• continuous
• constant
• methodical
• arranged
• set
• established
• systematized
• even
• nonrandom
• planned
• aware
• deliberate
• conscious
• managed
• ordered
• purposeful
• thoughtful
• orchestrated
• willful

shotgun

2 of 3

noun

as in musket

Related Words

• musket
• firearm
• blunderbuss
• pistol
• flintlock
• smoothbore
• harquebus
• handgun
• culverin
• matchlock
• firelock
• revolver
• breechloader
• fieldpiece
• derringer
• small arm
• six-shooter
• sidearm
• semiautomatic
• six-gun
• zip gun
• carbine
• arm
• roscoe
• twenty-two
• gat
• machine gun
• rod
• piece
• AK-47
• submachine gun
• heat
• machine pistol
• assault rifle
• assault weapon
• automatic
• tommy gun
• self-loader
• repeater
• speargun
• forty-five

shotgun

3 of 3

verb

as in to pistol

Related Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shotgun

Adjective

Last season, Jackson went under center on just five drop-backs, while the Ravens’ primary ball-carriers had just 24 carries in non-shotgun looks. — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 3 June 2021

Noun

Sacramento police officers found ammunition, multiple guns, including a shotgun, and materials that could be associated with making bombs during the search earlier this week, according to a department statement. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026

McDaniel flipped Herbert's shotgun stance, gave him an offense built to have Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle but lacks both, and isn't known for making adjustments. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Verb

There have been sets with three tight ends, formations that start under center and some that use formation shifts to move from a single-back set to shotgun. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Aug. 2026

Westman had decorated the assault rifle and shotgun with hate speech in ways that aligned with the dark underbelly of alt-right meme culture that regularly disparages people of color, Jewish people, the LGBTQ+, and people with disabilities. — Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025