Thesaurus:firearm

Thesaurus

firearm

English

Noun

Sense: personal weapon using explosive powder to propel a projectile

Synonyms

• firearm
• gat (slang)
• gun
• iron (slang)
• piece    [⇒ thesaurus] (US, colloquial)

Antonyms

• cold weapon
• white arm

Hyponyms

Handguns or shot guns:

• gun
• hand cannon (US, slang)
• handgun
• pistol
• pocket pistol
• revolver
• rod (slang)
• service revolver
• shooting iron (chiefly US, colloquial)
• six-gun
• six-shooter
• toaster (US, slang)
• zipgun

Long guns:

• carbine
• coach gun
• culverin
• blunderbuss
• breechloader
• broom (rare, slang)
• bruckback (MLE)
• dotty (MLE)
• fire-stick
• gun
• harquebus
• long gun
• musket
• muzzleloader
• rifle
• shotgun
• smelly (informal)
• thunderstick

Automatic guns:

• automatic rifle
• cannon
• machine gun
• submachine gun

Other:

• bunny buster (Australia, informal)
• hotgun
• mop (AAVE, MLE, slang)
• wall hanger

Opaque slang terms

Unclear whether these a exact synonyms or refer to shorter firearms/handguns.

• artillery (British, Irish)
• bit    [⇒ thesaurus] (MLE)
• blammer (AAVE)
• blix (AAVE)
• blicky (New York, Maryland, MLE)
• broomstick (rare)
• bucky (British)
• burner
• fire (AAVE)
• hardware    [⇒ thesaurus]
• heater (dated)
• jammy
• knocker (AAVE)
• mash (MLE)
• Russian (MLE)
• scram (MLE)
• shooter
• skeng (Jamaica, MLE)
• strally
• strap
• smoke pole
• swammy (New York City, MLE)
• tool    [⇒ thesaurus] (Canada, US, MTE, MLE)
• toolie (US, MTE, MLE)
• tone (AAVE)
• toy    [⇒ thesaurus] (MLE)
• wap (MLE)
• whoosh (MLE)
• yogger (Romani)

Hypernyms

• ranged weapon
• 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.