[syn: gunman, gun]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gunman
n 1: a professional killer who uses a gun [syn: gunman,
gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire,
triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter]
2: a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability) [syn:
gunman, gun]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
84 Moby Thesaurus words for "gunman":
Cain, Nimrod, adventurer, apache, archer, artilleryman, assassin,
assassinator, bloodletter, bloodshedder, bowman, bravo, bucko,
bully, bullyboy, burker, butcher, button man, cannibal, cannoneer,
carabineer, condottiere, crack shot, cutthroat, dead shot, deadeye,
desperado, devil, eradicator, executioner, exterminator,
free lance, garroter, good shot, gorilla, gun, gunner, gunsel,
gunslinger, hatchet man, head-hunter, hell-raiser, hellcat,
hired gun, hired killer, hireling, hit man, homicidal maniac,
homicide, hunter, killer, mad dog, man-eater, man-killer,
manslayer, marksman, markswoman, massacrer, matador, mercenary,
murderer, musketeer, pesticide, poison, poisoner,
professional killer, rifleman, rough, rowdy, ruffian, sharpshooter,
shooter, shot, slaughterer, slayer, sniper, soldier of fortune,
strangler, targetshooter, thug, torpedo, toxophilite, trapshooter,
trigger man