Synonyms of shooting

shooting 1 of 3

noun

as in firing

Related Words

• firing
• bursting
• detonation
• discharge
• explosion
• eruption
• burst
• blast
• blowout
• outburst
• boom
• blowup
• pop
• flare-up
• bang
• airburst
• groundburst

shooting

2 of 3

adjective

as in penetrating

Related Words

• penetrating
• tearing
• cutting
• stabbing
• biting
• stinging
• piercing
• violent
• intense
• extreme
• acute
• sharp
• smarting
• tingling
• exquisite
• fierce
• torturing
• vehement
• racking
• agonizing
• wrenching
• tormenting
• harrowing
• torturous
• excruciating
• raging

shooting

3 of 3

verb

present participle of shoot

1

as in launching

to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force

BB guns shoot small round metal pellets

Synonyms & Similar Words

• firing
• launching
• throwing
• blasting
• discharging
• hurling
• squeezing off
• projecting
• loosing
• flinging
• casting
• slinging
• blazing (at)
• tossing
• sniping (at)
• pelting
• hurtling
• lobbing
• heaving
• catapulting
• pitching

2

as in blasting

to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force

soldiers train extensively to learn to shoot accurately and quickly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• firing
• blasting
• discharging
• blazing
• sniping
• peppering
• plinking
• potshotting

3

as in drilling

to strike with a missile from a gun

hunters can shoot deer only during the legally specified open season

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drilling
• popping
• gunning
• killing
• plugging
• slaying
• slaughtering
• destroying
• dropping
• blazing
• butchering
• bringing down
• picking off
• shooting down
• peppering
• massacring
• firing (at)
• blowing away
• dispatching
• sniping (at)
• blasting (at)
• shotgunning
• potshotting
• machine-gunning
• decimating
• wiping out
• pistoling
• annihilating
• felling
• blotting out
• doing in
• tommy-gunning
• icing
• croaking

4

as in traveling

to proceed or move quickly

some show-off shot past all the other skiers on the slope

Synonyms & Similar Words

• traveling
• flying
• driving
• racing
• speeding
• rushing
• hurrying
• trotting
• chasing
• jumping
• zipping
• scurrying
• running
• buzzing
• blowing
• blasting
• darting
• scooting
• zooming
• stepping
• bowling
• tearing
• ramming
• jogging
• dashing
• scuttling
• ripping
• blazing
• hustling
• bolting
• hurling
• whirling
• bombing
• barreling
• humping
• motoring
• rocketing
• careering
• pelting
• rustling
• bundling
• breezing
• bustling
• jetting
• careening
• whisking
• coursing
• hastening
• haring
• cracking (on)
• hurtling
• nipping
• galloping
• beating it
• cannonballing
• belting
• highballing
• hying
• getting a move on
• sprinting
• stepping on it
• making tracks
• scuffling
• flitting
• shaking a leg
• scampering
• hotfooting (it)
• streaking
• accelerating
• scudding
• whizzing
• stampeding
• outrunning
• overtaking
• stepping out
• outpacing
• beetling
• quickening
• catching up
• outstripping
• arrowing
• beelining
• fast-forwarding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• creeping
• crawling
• poking
• dragging
• lingering
• hanging (around or out)
• poking
• lagging
• strolling
• loitering
• dawdling
• shuffling
• sauntering
• ambling
• dallying
• lumbering
• plodding
• tarrying
• decelerating
• dillydallying
• slowing (down or up)

5

as in photographing

to take a photograph of

shooting the lakeside scene while the light lasted

Synonyms & Similar Words

• photographing
• filming
• mugging
• snapping
• photoing
• picturing
• retaking
• videotaping
• rephotographing
• imaging

6

as in casting

to throw or give off

suddenly the old, broken-down toaster began shooting out sparks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• casting
• radiating
• releasing
• emitting
• issuing
• emanating
• evolving
• eliminating
• expelling
• sending (out)
• exhaling
• discharging
• pouring
• venting
• irradiating
• giving out
• throwing out
• evacuating
• spraying
• expiring
• erupting
• ejecting
• excreting
• oozing
• secreting
• exuding
• squirting
• spurting
• jetting
• gushing
• spewing
• spouting
• outpouring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• absorbing
• taking up
• inhaling
• soaking (up)
• sucking (up)
• sponging

7

as in shouting

to voice one's opinions freely with force

you've been wanting to say something since this meeting started, so shoot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shouting
• crying
• yelling
• calling
• hollering
• speaking out
• spouting (off)
• speaking up
• sounding off
• talking up
• piping up
• roaring
• singing (out)
• thundering
• speaking one's mind
• bawling
• vociferating
• baying
• articulating
• bellowing
• enouncing
• enunciating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppressing
• shutting up
• hushing
• clamming up
• quieting
• belting up
• dummying up

8

as in sprinkling

to mark with small spots especially unevenly

hazel eyes that were brown shot with green

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sprinkling
• dotting
• spotting
• peppering
• dyeing
• staining
• flecking
• blotching
• stippling
• dappling
• specking
• mottling
• speckling
• splotching
• freckling
• striping
• streaking
• blotting
• marbling
• interspersing
• banding
• setting
• barring
• spattering
• studding
• bespattering

9

as in sending

to cause to go or be taken from one place to another

shot a congratulatory e-mail to his friend as soon as he heard the good news

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sending
• transporting
• shipping
• transmitting
• transferring
• dispatching
• packing (off)
• delivering
• rendering
• passing
• launching
• consigning
• conveying
• exporting
• importing
• advancing
• returning
• addressing
• dropping
• presenting
• giving
• contributing
• donating
• forwarding
• handing over
• bestowing
• resending

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• receiving
• accepting
• getting
• obtaining
• drawing
• acquiring
• securing
• earning
• gaining
• procuring
• garnering

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shooting

Noun

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, investigators have not ruled out the shooting as a possible murder-suicide. — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

The victims killed in the shooting were identified as Jaquevion Jackson, 21, of Cordele, and Macaleb Jackson, 23, of Hawkinsville, the agency said. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Adjective

Davidson, who has been dealing with a shoulder injury on her non-shooting arm, went right to the locker room after the collision. — Chantel Jennings, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026

The junior guard played through an injury to her non-shooting elbow for much of the contest but posted nine points, four assists and two steals. — Myah Taylor, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026

Verb

Below, in a conversation with THR, Rothe also discusses shooting Beware Boiúna on the actual Amazon River and how her own backstory informed her portrayal of Alli. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026

The 3-pointer remains a go-to shot With Knueppel and Ball finishing first and second in the league in 3-pointers made last season, Ball’s absence and Knueppel’s injury could have slowed down shooting beyond the arc Tuesday night. — Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026