Synonyms of pistols

pistols 1 of 2

noun

plural of pistol

as in dynamos

a very energetic person

a real pistol, she dances rings around the other performers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dynamos
• powerhouses
• fireballs
• live wires
• achievers
• comers
• highfliers
• hustlers
• enterprisers
• bootstrappers
• doers
• hummers
• go-aheads
• self-starters
• go-getters
• dashers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loafers
• idlers
• loungers
• triflers
• slugs
• dawdlers
• shirkers
• drones
• slackers
• couch potatoes
• clock-watchers
• goldbricks
• sluggards
• deadbeats
• slouches
• layabouts
• slugabeds
• loiterers
• lazybones
• laggards
• lingerers
• slowpokes
• do-nothings
• dalliers
• stick-in-the-muds

pistols

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of pistol

as in shotguns

Related Words

• shotguns
• machine-guns
• fires (at)
• guns
• tommy-guns
• blasts (at)
• peppers
• blazes
• dispatches
• destroys
• kills
• slays
• brings down
• ices
• potshots
• snipes (at)
• fells
• shoots down
• blows away
• picks off
• slaughters
• drills
• massacres
• does in
• wipes out
• butchers
• croaks
• blots out
• plugs
• annihilates
• decimates
• shoots
• pops
• drops

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pistols

Noun

On his cellphone, according to the complaint, investigators found messages about drug trafficking and firearms, including devices capable of converting Glock pistols into a fully automatic machine gun. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Two of those pistols were sold to an undercover ATF agent by two members of the GoodFellas days later, officials said. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

In the first attack, eight gunmen armed with AK-47 rifles and pistols opened fire at a bar near Johannesburg late on Saturday. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

More than 30 guns, including numerous pistols, rifles and shotguns, a crossbow, tactical gear, ammunition and electronics, were found by authorities while executing three search warrants at residences associated with the attackers. — Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026

In one black storage bin, agents found pistols beneath a lead plate. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

Police have said they attacks appeared random and unprovoked, and that officers fired their pistols after ⁠Tasers ​failed to stop the ​woman from advancing toward them with knives. — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Bodycam clip shows struggle to stop suspect In a short clip of body camera footage released by the department, officers are seen advancing with pistols drawn on the four-door Nissan that Cromwell was driving. — David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Aug. 2026

According to a criminal complaint, police recovered two semiautomatic pistols and a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle from Foster’s home. — Ben Brachfeld, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026