Thesaurus results for SILVER BULLET

silver bullet

noun

Definition of silver bullet next

as in magic bullet

US something that very quickly and easily solves a serious problem

—usually singular There is no silver bullet that will solve all our economic problems.

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Recent Examples of silver bullet By no means is this a silver bullet as investment will continue to depend on the CEO’s awareness of the value of data, her other priorities and alternative uses of cash. —

Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026 No American silver bullet will cleanly depose Tehran’s Islamist leaders and peacefully transition the country to a stable, representative democracy. —

Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2026 But Trump’s bond buying plan may not be a silver bullet. —

Steve Kopack, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026 Is modular the silver bullet to adding housing in the state, asked Alex Shea, the chief financial officer of US-Offsite, a company with a factory in Redding. —

Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 7 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for silver bullet

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magic bullet

Noun

That said, this doesn’t mean brain training is a magic bullet.

— Julia Ries Wexler, Health, 19 Feb. 2026
Of course, no single food is a magic bullet.

— Lauren Manaker, SELF, 17 Feb. 2026