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

From an opening scene on the high seas as a French merchant ship is aflame to a stag hunt on an aristocratic estate to a pistol duel at dawn, the writer-directors capture the scope and grandeur of Dumas’ story. —Scott Phillips, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024

He had been shot four times with a .45-caliber pistol and had been struck by a vehicle, police said. —Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 29 Dec. 2024

Officials believe the shooting happened when the children were attempting to rob a 25-year-old man, who police say shot the boys with his own pistol. —Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024

The assailant approached his front door with a pistol and what seemed to be a crossbow while Fuentes was livestreaming. —Peter Aitken, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024