Synonyms of silver bullet

silver bullet

noun

as in magic bullet

US something that very quickly and easily solves a serious problem

—usually singular

There is no silver bullet that will solve all our economic problems.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• magic bullet
• panacea
• elixir
• nostrum
• miracle drug
• catholicon
• wonder drug
• theriac
• remedy
• cure
• cure-all
• corrective

Examples of silver bullet in a Sentence

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Restarts likely to secure greenlight While reactor restarts aren’t a silver bullet, shoring up and maintaining the existing fleet is crucial, Goff said. —Spencer Kimball,gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2024

Its drugs are also regarded as a genuine silver bullet to addressing a long-running obesity crisis in the Western world. —Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 24 Sep. 2024

There is no silver bullet that, alone, would adequately address both Google’s scale and distribution advantage, as well as ensure that Google cannot circumvent its obligations. —Peter Green, Quartz, 23 Sep. 2024

Sometimes, big things can come from small improvements In all likelihood, there isn’t going to be a silver bullet that suddenly fixes the longstanding limitations of large language models. —Kelsey Piper, Vox, 20 Sep. 2024