All weapon synonyms

noun weapon

• armament — Armament is used to refer to weapons and bombs carried by an aircraft or other military vehicle.
• firearm — a small arms weapon, as a rifle or pistol, from which a projectile is fired by gunpowder.
• missile — an object or weapon for throwing, hurling, or shooting, as a stone, bullet, or arrow.
• gun — Also called gin rummy. a variety of rummy for two players, in which a player with 10 or fewer points in unmatched cards can end the game by laying down the hand.
• arm — Your arms are the two long parts of your body that are attached to your shoulders and that have your hands at the end.
• ammunition — Ammunition is bullets and rockets that are made to be fired from guns.
• bomb — A bomb is a device which explodes and damages or destroys a large area.
• cannon — A cannon is a large gun, usually on wheels, which used to be used in battles.
• knife — an instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle.
• machete — a large heavy knife used especially in Latin-American countries in cutting sugarcane and clearing underbrush and as a weapon.
• nerve gas — any of several poison gases, derived chiefly from phosphoric acid, that weaken or paralyze the nervous system, especially that part of the system controlling respiration.
• pistol — a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
• revolver — a handgun having a revolving chambered cylinder for holding a number of cartridges, which may be discharged in succession without reloading.
• rifle — a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
• shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
• sword — a weapon having various forms but consisting typically of a long, straight or slightly curved blade, sharp-edged on one or both sides, with one end pointed and the other fixed in a hilt or handle.
• arbalest — a large medieval crossbow, usually cocked by mechanical means
• archery — Archery is a sport in which people shoot arrows at a target using a bow.
• arrow — An arrow is a written or printed sign that consists of a straight line with another line bent at a sharp angle at one end. This is a printed arrow: →. The arrow points in a particular direction to indicate where something is.
• assegai — a southern African cornaceous tree, Curtisia faginea, the wood of which is used for making spears
• ax — An ax is a tool used for cutting wood. It consists of a heavy metal blade that is sharp at one edge and attached by its other edge to the end of a long handle.
• axe — An axe is a tool used for cutting wood. It consists of a heavy metal blade which is sharp at one edge and attached by its other edge to the end of a long handle.
• backsword — a person who uses the backsword
• ballista — an ancient catapult for hurling stones, etc
• banderilla — a decorated barbed dart, thrust into the bull's neck or shoulder
• barong — a broad-bladed cleaver-like knife used in the Philippines
• bat — A bat is a specially shaped piece of wood that is used for hitting the ball in baseball, softball, cricket, rounders, or table tennis.
• baton — A baton is a short heavy stick which is sometimes used as a weapon by the police.
• battle-ax — a heavy ax with a wide blade, formerly used as a weapon of war
• bayonet — A bayonet is a long, sharp blade that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon.
• bazooka — A bazooka is a long, tube-shaped gun that is held on the shoulder and fires rockets.
• blackjack — Blackjack is a card game in which players try to obtain a combination of cards worth 21 points.
• blade — The blade of a knife, axe, or saw is the edge, which is used for cutting.
• blowgun — a long, tubelike weapon through which darts or pellets are blown
• bludgeon — To bludgeon someone means to hit them several times with a heavy object.
• boomerang — A boomerang is a curved piece of wood which comes back to you if you throw it in the correct way. Boomerangs were first used by the people who were living in Australia when Europeans arrived there.
• catapult — A catapult is a device for shooting small stones. It is made of a Y-shaped stick with a piece of elastic tied between the two top parts.
• cleaver — A cleaver is a knife with a large square blade, used for chopping meat or vegetables.
• club — A club is an organization of people interested in a particular activity or subject who usually meet on a regular basis.
• crossbow — A crossbow is a weapon consisting of a small, powerful bow that is fixed across a piece of wood, and aimed like a gun.
• cudgel — A cudgel is a thick, short stick that is used as a weapon.
• cutlass — A cutlass is a short sword that used to be used by sailors.
• dagger — A dagger is a weapon like a knife with two sharp edges.
• dart — If a person or animal darts somewhere, they move there suddenly and quickly.
• dirk — a male given name, form of Derek.
• flamethrower — a weapon, either mounted or portable, that sprays ignited incendiary fuel for some distance.
• harpoon — a barbed, spearlike missile attached to a rope, and thrown by hand or shot from a gun, used for killing and capturing whales and large fish.
• hatchet — a small, short-handled ax having the end of the head opposite the blade in the form of a hammer, made to be used with one hand.
• howitzer — a cannon having a comparatively short barrel, used especially for firing shells at a high angle of elevation, as for reaching a target behind cover or in a trench.
• lance — a male given name.