Synonyms of snipers

snipers

noun

plural of sniper

as in guns

a person who shoots at another person from a hidden place

The soldiers were attacked by a sniper.

Related Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of snipers

In November 2023, Ukraine’s Security Service, known as the SBU, announced that one of its snipers had hit a Russian soldier from 3,800 meters (12,467 feet). — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026

The photos that people shared with Beck of snipers at a Carolina Panthers game were from 2024 when fans spotted snipers on the roof of Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026

Doctors in Aleppo later reported a pattern of regime snipers shooting to maim civilians, rather than to kill them—partly to maximize suffering, partly to invite rescue attempts. — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Storing explosive ammunition and stationing snipers in the middle of a busy traffic circle close to other, more secure military locations, including the Pentagon, strikes many observers as simultaneously dangerous and ridiculous. — Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Sep. 2026

One man recalls watching snipers kill Palestinians waiting in line for food after Israel blocked supplies from entering the North as a way to push people to the South. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026

As some 2,500 heavily armed police officers, soldiers and snipers entered through a maze of narrow streets, intense gunfire could be heard all around. — Sol Amaya, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

Vyan uses logic and the help of friendly Kurdish commander from the Iraqi government forces in Mosul to locate the IS snipers preventing civilians from leaving the devastated city. — Alissa Simon, Variety, 7 Sep. 2026

In Sarajevo, Serb troops kept the city isolated while killing civilians with snipers. — Jovana Gec, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026