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

Such weapons are proving increasingly difficult for Kyiv to shoot down, with supplies of US Patriot interceptors – one of the few systems capable of taking down ballistic missiles pretty much exhausted. — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Some still laden with weapons, the ships belonged to Nazi Germany's Black Sea fleet that was deliberately sunk near the end of the war as German troops retreated from Romania and Soviet forces advanced deeper into Europe. — CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Some still laden with weapons, the ships belonged to Nazi Germany’s Black Sea fleet that was deliberately sunk near the end of the war as German troops retreated from Romania and Soviet forces advanced deeper into Europe. — ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

Ukraine needs our interceptor technology, and could probably build their own weapons faster and cheaper if our bloated defense industry gave them permission. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026

Washington and Seoul say their drills are defensive in nature, but North Korea calls them an invasion rehearsal and often reacts with weapons tests. — Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Drone pilots back in Ukraine used the internet connection to guide most of the weapons to their targets. — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026

The Defense Department’s guidance on autonomous weapons, for example, was last updated in 2023, before Anthropic had even launched its first commercial model, Claude. — Emelia S. Probasco, Foreign Affairs, 20 Aug. 2026

Shelton cruised from there, mixing his primary weapons in with athletic defense that garnered big reactions from the Montreal crowd and deflated Nakashima even more. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026