Synonyms of sniper

sniper

noun

as in gun

a person who shoots at another person from a hidden place

The soldiers were attacked by a sniper.

Related Words

• gun
• rifleman
• gunner
• sharpshooter
• shooter
• shot
• marksman
• gunman
• trapshooter
• markswoman

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sniper

What came next made Lekkerimäki’s moment of brilliance something more than a nuanced, impressive shot from a rapidly and surprisingly developing Canucks sniper. — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Walter Kale / Chicago Tribune A policeman scans the roof of the Cabrini-Green housing project with a sniper scope on a rifle on July 17, 1970. — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026

Canadian Special Operations Command confirmed that the sniper had hit a target from 3,540 meters (11,614 feet). — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026

Then people began posting photos of sniper towers and even snipers at other NFL stadiums, from Buffalo to Indianapolis, and college stadiums, too. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026

We had been told not to point, lest our gestures attract a sniper’s bullets. — Nicolas Niarchos, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026

Back in the real world, Vision is working at the bar when a sniper’s bullet abruptly kills Fiona. — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026

The good fixers knew where the sniper alleys were, and many of them had grown up with the rebels who were now running the local checkpoints. — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Edge served on an elite sniper unit in Iraq when he was shot four times, including once in the head. — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2026