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

In August, the White House announced sanctions on five Cuban entities and eight individuals who help Cuba secure weapons and maintain relationships with foreign militaries. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026

Iran has long supplied the Houthis with weapons and other assistance, though Tehran denies directing their military operations. — Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026

Multiple weapons in the passing game Aided by the run game, Florida’s passing offense is also built off explosive plays. — Pj Green september 29, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026

That program, which was created after the Parkland shooting and was initially for K-12 schools, allows select staff or an employee hired for security to carry weapons on campus if the school opts in. — Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026

Ndukwe said the findings could help inform future weapons designs. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026

Police also found 11 luxury Rolex watches, along with weapons and drug selling paraphernalia, officials said at a press conference Monday. — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026

And had OpenAI reported the user to law enforcement, any weapons the shooter used could have been removed from the house, as the shooter was already on the local law authorities’ radar, the lawsuit alleged. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026

The skeletons of Ita, Khenmet, and Itaweret of the late Middle Kingdom suggest that the princesses routinely used the weapons with which they were buried. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026