Synonyms of shotgun

shotgun 1 of 3

adjective

as in chance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chance
• scattershot
• accidental
• random
• inadvertent
• spot
• incidental
• unintended
• unintentional
• lucky
• scattered
• stray
• casual
• unpremeditated
• haphazard
• sporadic
• unplanned
• fortuitous
• indiscriminate
• contingent
• aimless
• unconsidered
• slapdash
• desultory
• arbitrary
• flukey
• chancy
• helter-skelter
• hit-or-miss
• catch-as-catch-can
• directionless
• fluky
• objectless
• unsystematic
• odd
• irregular
• erratic
• purposeless
• disorganized
• undirected
• disorderly
• undiscriminating
• unselective

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• regular
• systematic
• regular
• methodical
• organized
• fixed
• stable
• steady
• orderly
• continuous
• constant
• methodic
• set
• arranged
• established
• systematized
• even
• nonrandom
• planned
• aware
• deliberate
• conscious
• managed
• ordered
• purposeful
• thoughtful
• orchestrated
• wilful
• willful

shotgun

2 of 3

noun

as in musket

Synonyms & Similar Words

• musket
• blunderbuss
• firearm
• pistol
• flintlock
• arquebus
• harquebus
• smoothbore
• culverin
• handgun
• matchlock
• firelock
• .22
• breechloader
• revolver
• fieldpiece
• derringer
• six-shooter
• small arm
• twenty-two
• sidearm
• six-gun
• semiautomatic
• zip gun
• carbine
• .45
• arm
• roscoe
• self-loader
• gat
• AK-47
• rod
• machine gun
• piece
• forty-five
• submachine gun
• heat
• machine pistol
• assault rifle
• assault weapon
• automatic
• tommy gun
• speargun
• repeater

shotgun

3 of 3

verb

as in to pistol

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Examples of shotgun in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Outing highlights include: Registration, lunch and a putting contest (noon) Shotgun start (1:30 p.m.) Dinner (6:30 p.m.) Proximities, skins, awards and a 50/50 raffle Sponsorship opportunities are still available for the event. —Megan Becka, cleveland.com, 13 June 2017

Check-in at 11 a.m. followed by 1 p.m. shotgun start. —Nick Roth, The Mercury News, 7 June 2017

Noun

One of the 11 guns, a shotgun, had been reported stolen, and another, a pistol, had been reported missing, police said. —Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2024

Lamar then hits the streets driving a car with the song’s producer Mustard riding shotgun. —Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 4 July 2024