Synonyms of pistol

pistol 1 of 2

noun

ˈpi-stᵊl 

as in dynamo

a very energetic person

a real pistol, she dances rings around the other performers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dynamo
• powerhouse
• fireball
• live wire
• achiever
• highflyer
• hustler
• hummer
• doer
• self-starter
• go-ahead
• bootstrapper
• comer
• enterpriser
• dasher
• highflier
• go-getter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loafer
• idler
• trifler
• lounger
• slug
• couch potato
• dawdler
• drone
• shirker
• slacker
• slouch
• do-nothing
• goldbrick
• deadbeat
• sluggard
• clock-watcher
• layabout
• laggard
• loiterer
• lazybones
• lingerer
• slowpoke
• slugabed
• dallier
• stick-in-the-mud

pistol

2 of 2

verb

as in to shotgun

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shotgun
• fire (at)
• machine-gun
• blast (at)
• gun
• pepper
• tommy-gun
• kill
• destroy
• fell
• blaze
• slay
• snipe (at)
• ice
• dispatch
• potshot
• blow away
• slaughter
• bring down
• massacre
• wipe out
• butcher
• shoot down
• pick off
• drill
• do in
• blot out
• croak
• annihilate
• decimate
• shoot
• plug
• pop
• drop

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of pistol

Noun

The raid turned up a semi-automatic pistol in his bedroom and evidence pointing to his role in what prosecutors called a large-scale prescription drug fraud ring. —Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024

The suspect was detained by police in Altoona, Pennsylvania Monday morning after officers confronted him at a McDonald’s and found a pistol, a silencer and seven 9mm full metal jacket rounds, multiple fake IDs and a U.S. passport in his backpack, authorities said. —Kristian Burt, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024

Pollard is accused of pointing a semiautomatic pistol at the victim standing near the Rolls-Royce and demanding all the victim’s cash. —Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 9 Dec. 2024

During the killing, the pistol jammed, but the gunman was able to clear the jam and kept firing before running off. —Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024