Synonyms for shooter
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1. shooternoun

   Someone who shoots something; a gunner, archer etc.

   Synonyms:
   marksman

2. shooternoun

   A firearm.

   Synonyms:
   blaster

3. shooternoun

   Synonyms:
   shoot-em-up

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1. taw, shooternoun

   a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles

   Synonyms:
   gun, triggerman, shot, hitman, gunman, hit man, taw, gunslinger, torpedo, crap-shooter, gun for hire, hired gun

2. shot, shooternoun

   a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)

   "he is a crack shot"; "a poor shooter"

   Synonyms:
   gunman, crap-shooter, shaft, gunslinger, pellet, hired gun, dig, guessing, snap, taw, torpedo, guesswork, blastoff, gun, barb, stab, slam, scene, crack, snapshot, shooting, gibe, guess, gun for hire, hit man, stroke, triggerman, jibe, injection, dead reckoning, hitman, shot

3. shooter, crap-shooternoun

   a gambler who throws dice in the game of craps

   Synonyms:
   gun, triggerman, shot, hitman, gunman, hit man, taw, gunslinger, torpedo, crap-shooter, gun for hire, hired gun

4. shooternoun

   (sports) a player who drives or kicks a ball at the goal (or a basketball player who shoots at the basket)

   Synonyms:
   gun, triggerman, shot, hitman, gunman, hit man, taw, gunslinger, torpedo, crap-shooter, gun for hire, hired gun

5. gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire, triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooternoun

   a professional killer who uses a gun

   Synonyms:
   ordnance, gunman, crap-shooter, gunslinger, hired gun, heavy weapon, grease-gun, throttle, gas pedal, torpedo, accelerator pedal, taw, sub, gun, hero, grinder, numbfish, crampfish, submarine sandwich, shot, gas, submarine, zep, artillery, gun for hire, hitman, hit man, bomber, electric ray, hoagy, triggerman, wedge, accelerator, hero sandwich, hoagie, poor boy

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   • Sport

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1. List of paraphrases for "shooter":

   sniper, rifleman, marksman, killer, gunman, gunner, sharpshooter, gunfighter, shot, hitter, slayer, murderer, unsub

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1. Charles Schumer:

   If the FBI believes there is a reasonable chance someone is going to use a gun in a terrorist attack, it should be able to make that determination and block the sale, if it had that belief about the shooter in Orlando, it should have had the authority to act. But it could n’t, so we will never know what could have been.

2. Claire Papoulias:

   The teacher was presenting a lesson and all of sudden I heard gunshots directly behind me. That’s when the shooter opened the back classroom door and started firing at my classmates in the back, wounding them. I smelled and saw the gunpowder, i thought I was going to die.

3. Pete Blair:

   That's a long time for someone to shoot at people, it takes some time for the SWAT team to get there, and during that time, the shooter has free rein to keep murdering people.

4. Interior Minister Salameh Hamad:

   I announce to you that this incident was personal and isolated, and is not linked to any group whatsoever. We have no suspicions that he was linked to any extremist group, it is rooted in the shooter’s psychological and financial issue ... He was in a stressed mental position.

5. Thor Eells:

   If there is a weapon of any sort, not just guns, in somebody's hands when we respond in a situation like an active shooter or an assault in progress... officers have additional pressures placed upon( them) to evaluate an awful lot of info in a short period of time and hopefully arrive at the correct answer to mitigate danger to everyone involved, now as a responding officer, I have to very quickly, and when I say quickly : seconds, milliseconds ; make a determination in my mind, is this a friend or foe type of thing.