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PISTOL Antonyms

7 antonyms for pistol. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For PISTOL

WordSaveSyns..UsageType
blunderbuss

noun, adjective

n, adj

noun

• a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle

cannon

verb, noun

v, n

noun

• a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels

• heavy gun fired from a tank

• (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm

• heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane

• lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals

• a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other

verb

• make a cannon

• fire a cannon

firearm

noun

n

noun

• a portable gun

musket

noun

n

noun

• a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen

revolver

noun

n

noun

• a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)

• a door consisting of four orthogonal partitions that rotate about a central pivot; a door designed to equalize the air pressure in tall buildings

rifle

verb, noun

v, n

noun

• a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore

verb

• steal goods; take as spoils

• go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way

shotgun

verb, noun

v, n

noun

• firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges

Alternatives for CANNON

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