Synonyms of small arms

small arms

noun

plural of small arm

as in guns

a portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder

the soldiers keep their small arms securely in their holsters when not on patrol

Synonyms & Similar Words

• guns
• firearms
• rifles
• arms
• pistols
• zip guns
• handguns
• pieces
• revolvers
• heat
• machine guns
• harquebuses
• shotguns
• submachine guns
• machine pistols
• culverins
• fieldpieces
• assault weapons
• assault rifles
• six-guns
• sidearms
• tommy guns
• forty-fives
• derringers
• muskets
• roscoes
• semiautomatics
• blunderbusses
• smoothbores
• six-shooters
• matchlocks
• firelocks
• self-loaders
• rods
• twenty-twos
• flintlocks
• carbines
• automatics
• breechloaders
• gats
• repeaters
• spearguns
• AK-47s

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of small arms

Those roads and trails are often where vehicles become vulnerable to artillery, drones, mines, and small arms fire. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026

The roadmap speaks of the new administration empowering individual Palestinians to keep their small arms. — Dan Williams, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026

Firefly enables precision strikes, achieving 2-7 feet accuracy from high altitudes (600-2000+ feet), thereby reducing vulnerability to small arms fire and jamming. — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

The area is also often used for smuggling of wildlife and small arms, the report says. — ABC News, 21 July 2026

Those women and girls made millions of rounds of small arms ammunition, as well as cannonballs and explosives for the war effort. — Christopher Derose, CBS News, 26 June 2026

Ciber’s unit has five such machines, used sparingly, and is preparing another, faster robot, capable of covering 10 miles an hour, to carry Kalashnikov small arms into battle. — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 30 May 2026

In some cases, small arms fire and high rate-of-fire machine guns have proved effective against low-flying drones. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026

In the virtual panel discussion last week, union leaders described the Lake City facility as the largest producer of small arms ammunition for the armed forces. — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026