Synonyms of the word

hitman

• n. A contract killer; especially one paid by mafia.
• n. (soccer) goalscorer, someone who scores goals.

gun

• n. A device for projecting a hard object very forcefully; a firearm or cannon.
• n. A device operated by a trigger and acting in a manner similar to a firearm.
• n. (surfing) A long surfboard designed for surfing big waves (not the same as a longboard, a gun has a pointed…
• n. (cellular automata) A pattern that "fires" out other patterns.
• n. (colloquial, metonymically) A person who carries or uses a rifle, shotgun or handgun.
• n. (colloquial, usually in the plural) The biceps.
• n. (nautical, in the plural) Violent blasts of wind.
• v. (with “down”) To shoot someone or something, usually with a firearm.
• v. To speed something up.
• v. To offer vigorous support to a person or cause.
• v. To seek to attack someone; to take aim at someone.
• v. To practice fowling or hunting small game; chiefly in participial form: to go gunning.
• v. Nonstandard spelling of going to.

gunman

• n. A criminal armed with a gun, especially a professional killer.

gunslinger

• n. In the Old West: a person who carried a gun and was an expert at the quick draw.
• n. In modern usage: a person who behaves with the bravado expected of someone who would duel with guns.

liquidator

• n. One who liquidates.
• n. One supporting the political policy of liquidationism; a liquidationist.
• n. Any of the workers involved in cleaning up the Chernobyl disaster.

manslayer

• n. Someone who commits manslaughter.

murderer

• n. A person who commits murder.

shooter

• n. Someone who shoots something; a gunner, archer etc.
• n. (slang) A firearm.
• n. A video game in which shooting enemies (or targets) is the main objective.
• n. (professional wrestling slang) A professional wrestler who uses actual fighting moves as part of his style,…
• n. A large marble used for knocking smaller marbles out of a chalk circle.
• n. An alcoholic beverage typically served in a shot glass.
• n. A shooting star.

torpedo

• n. (military) A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon.
• n. A fish having wings that generate electric current, a kind of electric ray.
• n. (regional) A submarine sandwich.
• n. (archaic, military) A naval mine.
• n. (obsolete, military) An explosive device buried underground and set off remotely, to destroy fortifications,…
• n. (slang) A professional gunman or assassin.
• n. (rail transport, US) a small explosive device attached to the top of the rail to provide an audible warning…
• n. A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
• n. An automobile with a torpedo body.
• v. To send a torpedo, usually from a submarine, that explodes below the waterline of the target ship.
• v. To sink a ship with one of more torpedoes.
• v. To undermine or destroy any endeavor with a stealthy, powerful attack.

triggerman

• n. (US slang) A hired gunman; a bodyguard.