Thesaurus:firearm

Thesaurus

firearm

English

Noun

Sense: personal weapon using explosive powder to propel a projectile

Synonyms

• firearm

Hyponyms

• handgun
• pistol
• revolver
• service revolver
• six-gun
• six-shooter
• zipgun
• gun
• pocket pistol
• rifle
• shotgun
• dotty
• bruckback
• musket
• carbine
• gun
• coach gun
• blunderbuss
• harquebus
• culverin
• breechloader
• muzzleloader
• machine gun
• submachine gun
• automatic rifle
• gat
• cannon

Opaque slang terms

• toolie
• swammy
• blicky
• mash
• skeng
• broom
• blix
• bucky
• strally
• wap
• strap
• jammy
• smoke pole

Hypernyms

• weapon    [⇒ thesaurus]

Meronyms

• barrel
• butt
• cartridge
• firing pin
• frizzen
• hammers
• saddle ring
• sear
• stock
• trigger

See also

• Category:Firearms

Further reading

• “727. arms” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “firearm” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.