What is another word for gunman?
Synonyms for gunman
ˈgʌn məngun·man
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Princeton's WordNet
gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire, triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooternoun
a professional killer who uses a gun
Synonyms:
ordnance, crap-shooter, gunslinger, hired gun, heavy weapon, grease-gun, throttle, gas pedal, torpedo, accelerator pedal, taw, sub, gun, shooter, 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 boygunman, gunnoun
a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)
Synonyms:
hitman, gunslinger, accelerator pedal, gun for hire, gas, gas pedal, throttle, ordnance, heavy weapon, shooter, gun, hired gun, accelerator, grease-gun, triggerman, hit man, artillery, torpedo
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1119 | gas | |
#1733 | sub | |
#1967 | shot | |
#3335 | gun | |
#4848 | armed | |
#5294 | hero | |
#5853 | killer | |
#12164 | accelerator | |
#12329 | shooter | |
#13411 | wedge | |
#14480 | submarine | |
#15082 | artillery | |
#15337 | bomber | |
#16201 | grinder | |
#16912 | throttle | |
#17124 | sniper | |
#20046 | militant | |
#21278 | militants | |
#21408 | ordnance | |
#26838 | torpedo | |
#30733 | hitman | |
#31444 | gunmen | |
#43312 | gunman | |
#55566 | gunslinger | |
#66895 | mugger | |
#67156 | rifleman | |
#69929 | zep | |
#74551 | taw | |
#95531 | gunfighter | |
#123832 | hoagy | |
#128117 | hoagie | |
#251068 | triggerman |
How to use gunman in a sentence?
No Uvalde police department officer saw the shooter on May 24 prior to him entering the school. No Uvalde police officers had any opportunity to take a shot at the gunman, a Uvalde Police Department officer saw someone outside, but was unsure of who he saw and observed children in the area as well. Ultimately, it was a coach with children on the playground, not the shooter.
This guy came in with a gun waving it, saying it's time to die. He pointed the gun at his son and Dustin said, 'He's only a boy,' dustin stood up between the gunman and the baby and he shot him. He shot him multiple times on the ground.
My son, born in El Paso on the American side of that same Rio Grande where the bodies of Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and Alberto Martínez Ramírez daughter were discovered, in the same city where 22 people were just killed by a gunman whose purported' manifesto' echoed the inflammatory language of The President, turned 7 this month. I can no longer justify to him, or to myself, my complicity in the actions of this administration. That's why I choose to resign.
The shots had stopped so he decided to rush the gunman, actually wrestled that assault rifle away, tossed it over the counter and, at that point, the gunman fled.
I saw a gunman coming towards me and everything was in slow motion, but I so vividly remember the sounds of the gunshots breaking the glass behind me.
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