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Synonyms for shot
ʃɒtshot

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shooting, shotnoun
the act of firing a projectile
"his shooting was slow but accurate"
Synonyms:
stab, injection, scene, guess, dig, stroke, barb, pellet, gibe, guesswork, slam, crack, shooter, shooting, dead reckoning, guessing, blastoff, snap, snapshot, shaft, jibe
Antonyms:
colourless, colorless
shot, pelletnoun
a solid missile discharged from a firearm
"the shot buzzed past his ear"
Synonyms:
stab, injection, scene, guess, dig, stroke, barb, pellet, gibe, guesswork, slam, crack, shooter, shooting, dead reckoning, guessing, blastoff, snap, snapshot, shaft, jibe
Antonyms:
colorless, colourless
stroke, shotnoun
(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
"it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot requires good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot"
Synonyms:
shaft, stab, dig, guessing, fortuity, slash, snap, guesswork, blastoff, stroking, stroke, barb, throw, gibe, cam stroke, shooter, slam, scene, solidus, virgule, crack, snapshot, shooting, separatrix, guess, diagonal, cerebrovascular accident, jibe, chance event, accident, apoplexy, injection, pellet, dead reckoning
Antonyms:
colourless, colorless
shot, cracknoun
a chance to do something
"he wanted a shot at the champion"
Synonyms:
gap, sally, shaft, stab, dig, guessing, cranny, snap, whirl, fissure, tornado, blastoff, stroke, barb, guesswork, offer, chap, crack cocaine, shooter, slam, scene, quip, go, crack, scissure, pass, snapshot, shooting, wisecrack, gibe, guess, fracture, fling, jibe, crevice, cracking, cleft, injection, pellet, dead reckoning
Antonyms:
colourless, colorless
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, shooter, slam, scene, crack, snapshot, shooting, gibe, guess, gun for hire, hit man, stroke, triggerman, jibe, injection, dead reckoning, hitman
Antonyms:
colorless, colourless
scene, shotnoun
a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
Synonyms:
shaft, stab, dig, guessing, aspect, setting, tantrum, snap, fit, guesswork, vista, view, blastoff, stroke, barb, guess, picture, shooter, prospect, slam, scene, scenery, panorama, crack, snapshot, shooting, gibe, conniption, jibe, injection, pellet, dead reckoning
Antonyms:
colorless, colourless
injection, shotnoun
the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe
"the nurse gave him a flu shot"
Synonyms:
stab, injection, scene, injectant, dig, stroke, snapshot, pellet, gibe, guesswork, barb, crack, shooter, shooting, dead reckoning, guessing, blastoff, snap, guess, shaft, slam, jibe
Antonyms:
colorless, colourless
nip, shotnoun
a small drink of liquor
"he poured a shot of whiskey"
Synonyms:
shaft, coolness, stab, flavour, dig, zest, guessing, snap, savor, piquantness, guesswork, tanginess, savour, blastoff, stroke, barb, chilliness, shooter, slam, sapidity, pinch, crack, snapshot, shooting, smack, gibe, guess, piquance, tang, scene, relish, jibe, flavor, injection, piquancy, pellet, dead reckoning
Antonyms:
colorless, colourless
shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibenoun
an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
"his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets"
Synonyms:
calamus, beam, shaft, archeological site, stab, peter, shaft of light, diaphysis, guessing, excavation, ray of light, pecker, digging, snap, jab, guesswork, cock, rotating shaft, blastoff, stroke, ray, barb, prick, shooter, scape, slam, scene, spear, dick, dig, crack, tool, lance, snapshot, shooting, light beam, quill, gibe, guess, beam of light, sweep, putz, jibe, irradiation, injection, pellet, dead reckoning
Antonyms:
colourless, colorless
guess, guesswork, guessing, shot, dead reckoningnoun
an estimate based on little or no information
Synonyms:
stab, injection, scene, guess, dig, stroke, barb, conjecture, surmise, gibe, shaft, guesswork, slam, crack, pellet, shooter, shooting, supposition, dead reckoning, guessing, blastoff, snap, surmisal, snapshot, hypothesis, speculation, jibe
Antonyms:
colourless, colorless
snapshot, snap, shotnoun
an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
"my snapshots haven't been developed yet"; "he tried to get unposed shots of his friends"
Synonyms:
shaft, stab, dig, guessing, snap, snatch, elasticity, slam, duck soup, picnic, blastoff, piece of cake, barb, guesswork, ginger snap, ginger nut, shooter, centering, scene, jibe, cinch, crack, snapshot, shooting, gingersnap, pushover, gibe, walkover, guess, child's play, snap bean, stroke, press stud, catch, breeze, grab, snap fastener, cracking, injection, pellet, dead reckoning
Antonyms:
colorless, colourless
shotnoun
sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put
"he trained at putting the shot"
Synonyms:
stab, injection, scene, guess, dig, stroke, barb, pellet, gibe, guesswork, slam, crack, shooter, shooting, dead reckoning, guessing, blastoff, snap, snapshot, shaft, jibe
Antonyms:
colourless, colorless
shotnoun
an explosive charge used in blasting
Synonyms:
stab, injection, scene, guess, dig, stroke, barb, pellet, gibe, guesswork, slam, crack, shooter, shooting, dead reckoning, guessing, blastoff, snap, snapshot, shaft, jibe
Antonyms:
colourless, colorless
shotnoun
a blow hard enough to cause injury
"he is still recovering from a shot to his leg"; "I caught him with a solid shot to the chin"
Synonyms:
stab, injection, scene, guess, dig, stroke, barb, pellet, gibe, guesswork, slam, crack, shooter, shooting, dead reckoning, guessing, blastoff, snap, snapshot, shaft, jibe
Antonyms:
colourless, colorless
shotnoun
an attempt to score in a game
Synonyms:
stab, injection, scene, guess, dig, stroke, barb, pellet, gibe, guesswork, slam, crack, shooter, shooting, dead reckoning, guessing, blastoff, snap, snapshot, shaft, jibe
Antonyms:
colourless, colorless
shot, stabnoun
informal words for any attempt or effort
"he gave it his best shot"; "he took a stab at forecasting"
Synonyms:
stab, injection, scene, guess, dig, stroke, barb, pellet, gibe, guesswork, slam, crack, thrust, twinge, knife thrust, shooter, shooting, dead reckoning, guessing, blastoff, snap, pang, snapshot, shaft, jibe
Antonyms:
colourless, colorless
blastoff, shotadjective
the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination
Synonyms:
stab, injection, scene, guess, dig, stroke, barb, pellet, gibe, guesswork, slam, crack, shooter, shooting, dead reckoning, guessing, blastoff, snap, snapshot, shaft, jibe
Antonyms:
colourless, colorless
changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shotadjective
varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
"changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent"
Synonyms:
changeable, mutable, opaline, pearlescent, nacreous, opalescent, iridescent, changeful, chatoyant, uncertain, unsettled
Antonyms:
colorless, colourless

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shotnoun
Synonyms:
discharge
shotnoun
Synonyms:
ball, bullet
shotnoun
Synonyms:
[Colloquial.] marksman

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shotnoun
Synonyms:
discharge, projectile, bullet, ball, marksman, range, reach

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List of paraphrases for "shot":
fired, tir, killed, gunshot, bullet, shooter, slaughtered, kill, chance, luck, shooting, ball, fire, injection, filmed, pulled, murdered, firing, felled, offed, bite, shoot, kiiled, microfilmed, photo, blow, launched, tyre

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Words popularity by usage frequency

ranking	word
#79	view
#123	go
#304	photo
#617	offer
#631	picture
#960	fire
#1247	tool
#1370	peter
#1493	pass
#1775	setting
#1885	chance
#1887	ball
#1931	fit
#1967	shot
#2152	cock
#2480	ray
#2540	blow
#2712	scene
#2773	guess
#3045	dick
#3096	kill
#3281	killed
#3335	gun
#3635	catch
#3865	accident
#4114	gap
#4206	luck
#4224	crack
#4404	throw
#4489	aspect
#4589	shooting
#4597	launched
#4813	vista
#5175	shoot
#5471	beam
#5586	stroke
#5791	injection
#5860	pulled
#7286	fired
#7321	snap
#7552	grab
#7679	bullet
#7788	dig
#7824	snapshot
#7939	prospect
#8524	shaft
#8627	hypothesis
#8705	flavor
#8848	bite
#8991	sally
#9459	lance
#9556	picnic
#10749	breeze
#11298	firing
#11666	uncertain
#11841	slam
#11866	scenery
#12312	sweep
#12329	shooter
#12494	panorama
#12572	thrust
#13974	spear
#13997	slash
#14041	speculation
#14137	diagonal
#14255	murdered
#14595	fracture
#14786	tang
#14969	digging
#15100	tornado
#15162	chap
#15269	cracking
#16286	barb
#16326	snatch
#16902	guessing
#17127	pinch
#17366	excavation
#17971	filmed
#18059	flavour
#18160	tyre
#19711	stab
#21165	smack
#21292	irradiation
#22316	elasticity
#22736	conjecture
#26838	torpedo
#26967	pellet
#27854	relish
#28087	prick
#29671	slaughtered
#30133	quill
#30183	cleft
#30733	hitman
#31077	centering
#31630	jab
#32300	stroking
#32886	fling
#33386	pang
#33729	zest
#34730	whirl
#36221	changeable
#37375	tir
#39234	savor
#40835	unsettled
#41342	coolness
#43203	cinch
#43312	gunman
#43429	fissure
#43847	gunshot
#43888	iridescent
#44692	guesswork
#47916	scape
#48037	supposition
#50076	mutable
#52871	pecker
#54843	tantrum
#55566	gunslinger
#56661	savour
#61877	felled
#64967	crevice
#66872	surmise
#67495	quip
#74551	taw
#76300	opalescent
#80261	pearlescent
#85364	jibe
#91044	putz
#93581	calamus
#95207	cranny
#101647	microfilmed
#104149	twinge
#115750	solidus
#116484	pushover
#124899	apoplexy
#134635	walkover
#159182	opaline
#179341	separatrix
#213898	gibe
#233821	wisecrack
#250158	gingersnap
#251068	triggerman
#254188	offed
#265303	blastoff
#276706	conniption
#294748	chilliness
#315766	piquancy
#322761	diaphysis

How to use shot in a sentence?

Matt Wallace:
I had a chance at par at 17 and missed it and then it was just a bad tee shot down the last, again it was frustrating but I'm playing really good golf so there's not much else I can do.
William Gatijiath Deng:
They refused and later the security shot at our car.
Ira Salzman:
Sal believed he was shot, the case was a terrible tragedy.
Kiara Rucker:
If it wasn't for Zaevion, if he would have just ran off the porch, we would have probably been shot.
Kevin Davis:
It is certainly unacceptable for this community to see three teenagers being shot on a beautiful summer night like this.

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cop, llançamentCatalan, Valencian
koule, výstřelCzech
hagl, skud, kugleDanish
Aufnahme, Wurf, Shot, Schuss, SpritzeGerman
πυροβολισμός, σκάγια, βολήGreek
pafoEsperanto
trago, chupito, peso, disparo, bala, tiro, tequilazo, cansado, desgastadoSpanish
پیک, شلیک, نما, شات, شوتPersian
paukku, pisto, sivallus, mahdollisuus, rokote, kuula, otto, iskemä, hauli, rokotus, laukaus, tujaus, piikki, tälli, yritys, väsynyt, puhki, poikki, kulunutFinnish
plomb, frappe, piqure, tir, dose, shooter, coup, poids, naze, crevé, fichuFrench
urcharIrish
urchairScottish Gaelic
lövés, felesHungarian
sparo, tiroItalian
ショット, 発射Japanese
샷Korean
tembakanMalay
kogel, schot, hagel, versleten, uitgeputDutch
haglNorwegian
strzał, kręceniePolish
foto, chute, fotografia, peso, tiroPortuguese
попытка, инъекция, ядро, бросок, кадр, доза, укол, выстрел, рю́мка, порция, дробь, удар, выплатаRussian
pucanjSerbo-Croatian
brok, výstrelSlovak
shot, chansning, hagel, skott, försök, skrotSwedish
kaptulaSwahili
aşınmakTurkish
pôVietnamese

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