GUNMAN Synonyms

• a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles

• a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)

• a gambler who throws dice in the game of craps

• (sports) a player who drives or kicks a ball at the goal (or a basketball player who shoots at the basket)

• a professional killer who uses a gun

• someone who attacks

• a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed

• a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders

• an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band

• someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

• bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure

• guilty of crime or serious offense

• involving or being or having the nature of a crime

• someone who causes the death of a person or animal

• the causal agent resulting in death

• a difficulty that is hard to deal with

• predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas

• someone skilled in shooting

• a person who transgresses moral or civil law

• someone who perpetrates wrongdoing

• a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence

• a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)

• large but transportable armament

• a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)

• a professional killer who uses a gun

• a hand-operated pump that resembles a pistol; forces grease into parts of a machine

• a pedal that controls the throttle valve

• the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies

• shoot with a gun

• a professional killer who uses a gun

• a professional killer who uses a gun

• a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

• an explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas)

• a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface

• a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead

• armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target

• any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges

• attack or hit with torpedoes

• a professional killer who uses a gun

• a professional killer who uses a gun

• a professional killer who uses a gun

• a professional killer who uses a gun