Synonyms of weapons

weapons 1 of 2

noun

plural of weapon

1

as in arms

something used to defend

Concealed weapons were not allowed in the building.

Related Words

• arms
• weaponries
• munitions
• armaments
• shields
• ammunitions
• guards
• defenses
• securities
• screens
• walls
• safeguards
• protections
• wards
• armors
• bucklers
• fortresses
• forts
• strongholds
• covers
• palisades
• aegises

2

as in tools

a person or thing that is used to produce a result

Poetry was her weapon of choice in the writing contest.

Related Words

• tools
• ingredients
• instrumentalities
• instruments
• activators
• vehicles
• mechanisms
• mediums
• factors
• influences
• organs
• determinants
• agencies
• agents
• powers
• means
• inspirations
• generators
• launchers
• expedients
• incentives
• machineries
• ministries
• drivers
• catalysts
• stimuli
• causes
• triggers
• executors
• movers
• occasions
• animators
• energizers
• instigators
• impetuses
• antecedents
• reasons
• instigations
• subagents
• subagencies

weapons

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of weapon

as in equips

Related Words

• arms
• equips
• reequips
• militarizes
• mechanizes
• mobilizes
• embattles

Dissimilar Words

• disarms
• demilitarizes
• demobilizes
• denuclearizes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of weapons

Noun

Faster battlefield repairs Laser amplifiers are among the most critical components inside high-energy laser weapons. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 July 2026

The platform sells weapons, body armor, drones, drone components, and fiber-optics used for drones. — Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 23 July 2026

According to her profile in the Stunts Unlimited Directory, Dalton is a stuntwoman with a background in dance, specializing in boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, sword fighting, and the use of weapons on set. — Anna Zucca, Vanity Fair, 23 July 2026

Hundreds of thousands of defense contractors handle Controlled Unclassified Information, engineering designs, weapons system specifications, logistics data and other sensitive information. — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Nonproliferation experts have raised concerns that the deal fails to include guardrails to prevent enrichment of uranium to weapons-grade levels. — Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 23 July 2026

Concerns over the country's human rights abuses and potential ambitions for nuclear weapons previously stalled this collaboration. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 23 July 2026

Acosta said that officers from two of the police agencies on scene had fired their weapons multiple times. — Seamus Bozeman follow, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

Nuclear enrichment is part of the process of both civil nuclear power generation and, at higher grades of enrichment, the development of nuclear weapons. — Henry Austin, NBC news, 23 July 2026