What is another word for rifle?
913 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɹˈa͡ɪfə͡l], [ ɹˈaɪfəl], [ ɹ_ˈaɪ_f_əl]
The word "rifle" broadly refers to a firearm that is designed to shoot accurately at long ranges. There are several words that can be used as synonyms for "rifle", depending on the context of use. For example, the term "gun" can be used as a broad synonym for rifle, as it encompasses firearms of all types. "Firearm" is a more specific synonym for rifle. Other related synonyms for rifle can include "long gun," "projectile launcher," "precision weapon," and "hunting firearm". Regardless of the word chosen, a rifle is a powerful and potentially dangerous tool designed to be used with care and responsibility.
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Similar words for rifle:
- artifact (noun)
- gun (noun)
- musket (noun)
- weapon (noun)
- despoil (verb)
- fleece (verb)
- gut (verb)
- harrow (verb)
- knock off (verb)
- loot (verb)
- raid (verb)
- ransack (verb)
- rip off (verb)
- rob (verb)
- ruffle (verb)
- sack (verb)
- search (verb)
- steal (verb)
Synonyms for Rifle:
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n.
• artifact • gun- forty five ,
- forty fives ,
- forty-fives ,
- fortyfive ,
- fortyfives ,
- saturday-night specials ,
- saturdaynight special ,
- saturdaynight specials ,
- thirty eight ,
- thirty eights ,
- thirty-eights ,
- thirtyeight ,
- thirtyeights ,
- uzis .
- Bilbo ,
- Remington ,
- ammunition ,
- armament ,
- arrow ,
- artillery ,
- ax ,
- battery ,
- bayonet ,
- bazooka ,
- blowgun ,
- blowpipe ,
- blunderbuss ,
- bomber ,
- boomerang ,
- bow and arrow ,
- broadsword ,
- browning ,
- bullet ,
- cannon ,
- claymore ,
- club ,
- colt ,
- cutlass ,
- dagger ,
- flamethrower ,
- heater ,
- javelin ,
- knife ,
- lance ,
- luger ,
- mace ,
- machete ,
- machine gun ,
- missile ,
- muzzle ,
- ordnance ,
- pistol ,
- rapier ,
- repeater ,
- rocket ,
- saber ,
- scimitar ,
- shell ,
- shooter ,
- sidewinder ,
- spear ,
- stiletto ,
- sword ,
- trigger ,
- weaponry ,
- winchester .
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v.
• despoil- de nude ,
- de nudes ,
- de populate ,
- de populated ,
- de populates ,
- de populating ,
- de predate ,
- de predated ,
- de predates ,
- de predating ,
- de solate ,
- de solated ,
- de solates ,
- de solating ,
- de spoil ,
- de spoiled ,
- de spoiling ,
- de spoils ,
- de-nude ,
- de-nudes ,
- de-populate ,
- de-populated ,
- de-populates ,
- de-populating ,
- de-predate ,
- de-predated ,
- de-predates ,
- de-predating ,
- de-solate ,
- de-solated ,
- de-solates ,
- de-solating ,
- de-spoil ,
- de-spoiled ,
- de-spoiling ,
- de-spoils ,
- dis possess ,
- dis possessed ,
- dis possesses ,
- dis possessing ,
- dis-possess ,
- dis-possessed ,
- dis-possesses ,
- dis-possessing .
- de fraud ,
- de frauds ,
- de-fraud ,
- de-frauds ,
- jerking around ,
- jerks around ,
- over charge ,
- over charged ,
- over charges ,
- over charging ,
- over-charge ,
- over-charged ,
- over-charges ,
- over-charging ,
- ran a game on ,
- ran game on ,
- ropes in ,
- roping in ,
- run game on ,
- running a game on ,
- running game on ,
- runs a game on ,
- runs game on ,
- sell a bill goods ,
- sell bill goods ,
- sell bill of goods ,
- selling a bill goods ,
- selling a bill of goods ,
- selling bill goods ,
- selling bill of goods ,
- sells a bill goods ,
- sells a bill of goods ,
- sells bill goods ,
- sells bill of goods ,
- sold a bill goods ,
- sold a bill of goods ,
- sold bill goods ,
- sold bill of goods ,
- take cleaners ,
- take the cleaners ,
- takes cleaners ,
- takes for a ride ,
- takes for ride ,
- takes the cleaners ,
- takes to cleaners ,
- takes to the cleaners ,
- taking cleaners ,
- taking for a ride ,
- taking the cleaners ,
- taking to cleaners ,
- taking to the cleaners ,
- took cleaners ,
- took for a ride ,
- took for ride ,
- took the cleaners ,
- took to cleaners ,
- took to the cleaners .
- dis embowel ,
- dis emboweled ,
- dis emboweling ,
- dis embowelled ,
- dis embowelling ,
- dis embowels ,
- dis-embowel ,
- dis-emboweled ,
- dis-emboweling ,
- dis-embowelled ,
- dis-embowelling ,
- dis-embowels ,
- exenterated ,
- exenterates ,
- exenterating .
- moonlighted requisition ,
- moonlighting requisition ,
- moonlights requisition ,
- smash grab ,
- smashed and grab ,
- smashed grab ,
- smashes and grab ,
- smashes grab ,
- smashing and grab ,
- smashing grab ,
- sticked up ,
- tipping over ,
- tips over .
- descended on ,
- descending on ,
- descends on ,
- fall up on ,
- falling up on ,
- falling upon ,
- falls up on ,
- falls upon ,
- fell up on ,
- fired on ,
- fires on ,
- firing on ,
- in road ,
- in roads ,
- in-road ,
- in-roads ,
- leaned against ,
- leaned on ,
- leaning against ,
- leans against ,
- leans on ,
- leant against ,
- leant on ,
- marched on ,
- marches on ,
- marching on ,
- over running ,
- over runs .
- be reave ,
- be reaved ,
- be reaves ,
- be reaving ,
- be reft ,
- be-reave ,
- be-reaved ,
- be-reaves ,
- be-reaving ,
- be-reft ,
- brake in to ,
- brake into ,
- break in to ,
- breaking in to ,
- breaks in to ,
- breaks into ,
- broke in to ,
- broke into ,
- de falcate ,
- de falcated ,
- de-falcate ,
- de-falcated ,
- dis inherit ,
- dis inherited ,
- dis inheriting ,
- dis inherits ,
- dis-inherit ,
- dis-inherited ,
- dis-inheriting ,
- dis-inherits ,
- pro moting ,
- pro-mote ,
- pro-motes ,
- pro-moting ,
- strongarm ,
- with held ,
- with hold ,
- with holding ,
- with holds ,
- with-held ,
- with-hold ,
- with-holds .
- de range ,
- de ranged ,
- de ranges ,
- de ranging ,
- de-range ,
- de-ranged ,
- de-ranges ,
- de-ranging ,
- dis arrange ,
- dis arranged ,
- dis arranges ,
- dis arranging ,
- dis compose ,
- dis composed ,
- dis composes ,
- dis composing ,
- dis order ,
- dis ordered ,
- dis ordering ,
- dis orders ,
- dis-arrange ,
- dis-arranged ,
- dis-arranges ,
- dis-arranging ,
- dis-compose ,
- dis-composed ,
- dis-composes ,
- dis-composing ,
- dis-order ,
- dis-ordered ,
- dis-ordering ,
- dis-orders .
- carries off ,
- carrying off ,
- holding for ransom ,
- holds for ransom ,
- mis appropriate ,
- mis appropriated ,
- mis appropriates ,
- mis appropriating ,
- mis-appropriate ,
- mis-appropriated ,
- mis-appropriates ,
- mis-appropriating ,
- re move ,
- re moved ,
- re moving ,
- re-move ,
- re-moves ,
- re-moving ,
- running off with ,
- running with ,
- runs off with ,
- runs with ,
- spirited away ,
- spiriting away ,
- spirits away ,
- takes possession of ,
- taking possession of ,
- took possession of ,
- walked with ,
- walking off with ,
- walking with ,
- walks off with ,
- walks with ,
- with draw ,
- with drawing ,
- with drawn ,
- with draws ,
- with drew ,
- with-draw ,
- with-drawing ,
- with-drawn ,
- with-drew .
Other synonyms:
- 045 ,
- AK-47 ,
- Berdan ,
- Berthier ,
- Chassepot ,
- Enfield ,
- Francini-Martini ,
- Garrand ,
- Johnson ,
- Krag-Jorgensen ,
- Lebel ,
- Lee straight-pull ,
- Lee-Metford ,
- M-14 ,
- M-16 ,
- Mannlicher ,
- Martini-Henry ,
- Minie ,
- Peabody-Martini ,
- SHARPS ,
- Schneider repeating ,
- Schulhof ,
- air gun ,
- air rifle ,
- automatic ,
- bb gun ,
- breech-loading ,
- derringer ,
- double-barrelled ,
- high-powered ,
- iron ,
- low-powered ,
- m-1 ,
- match ,
- mauser ,
- muzzle-loading ,
- recoilless ,
- repeating ,
- rook and rabbit ,
- saloon ,
- semi-automatic ,
- sober ,
- springfield ,
- stick .
Other relevant words:
- Boweled ,
- Boweling ,
- Bowelled ,
- Bowelling ,
- Breaching ,
- Cockled ,
- Cockling ,
- Defalcated ,
- Defalcating ,
- Depopulating ,
- Dilapidating ,
- Ferreted ,
- Ferreting ,
- Ferrets ,
- Gouging ,
- Inroaded ,
- Inroading ,
- KIPS ,
- Lofted ,
- Lofting ,
- Pirated ,
- Pirating ,
- Preyed ,
- Preying ,
- Sallied ,
- Sallying ,
- Shafted ,
- Shafting ,
- Smash and Grab ,
- Spoliate ,
- Thieves ,
- Torpedoes ,
- blockaded ,
- blockading ,
- breached ,
- break into ,
- breaking into ,
- burgle ,
- burgled ,
- burgles ,
- burgling ,
- defalcate ,
- defalcates ,
- depopulate ,
- depopulated ,
- depopulates ,
- descend on ,
- despoil ,
- dilapidate ,
- dilapidates ,
- do out of ,
- embezzle ,
- exenterate ,
- fall upon ,
- fell upon ,
- ferret ,
- filch ,
- fire on ,
- fleece ,
- foraging ,
- forayed ,
- foraying ,
- go over with a fine-tooth comb ,
- gut ,
- harrow ,
- jerk around ,
- jerked around ,
- kip ,
- kipped ,
- kipping ,
- knock over ,
- knocked over ,
- laid waste ,
- lay waste ,
- laying waste ,
- lays waste ,
- lean against ,
- lean on ,
- leaning on ,
- leave no stone unturned ,
- look all over for ,
- look high and low ,
- loot ,
- make off with ,
- making off with ,
- march on ,
- moonlight requisition ,
- over-run ,
- over-runs ,
- overcharge ,
- pillage ,
- plunder ,
- plundered ,
- raid ,
- ransack ,
- rip off ,
- rob ,
- rope in ,
- roped in ,
- ruffle ,
- run a game on ,
- sack ,
- sacked ,
- sally forth ,
- sell a bill of goods ,
- shake down ,
- shelled ,
- shelling ,
- stick up ,
- sticking up ,
- sticks up ,
- strafe ,
- strafed ,
- strafes ,
- strafing ,
- strong arm ,
- stuck up ,
- take away ,
- take for a ride ,
- take for ride ,
- take to cleaners ,
- take to the cleaners ,
- taking away ,
- taking for ride ,
- tip over ,
- tipped over ,
- took away ,
- torpedo ,
- torpedoed ,
- torpedoing ,
- vandalize .
- Architecture glyph ,
- Caliver ,
- Chasseur ,
- Depredate ,
- Escopet ,
- Escopette ,
- Fusileer ,
- Haguebut ,
- Hoplite ,
- Musketoon ,
- Petronel ,
- Pickeer ,
- Pikeman ,
- Quintain ,
- Spearman ,
- Sports ,
- Tipcat ,
- Warrioress ,
- abstract ,
- accommodate ,
- acquire ,
- affect ,
- agree ,
- air serviceman ,
- amazon ,
- appropriate ,
- aquatics ,
- archery ,
- arquebus ,
- assault ,
- assault rifle ,
- athletic sports ,
- attack ,
- attain ,
- automatic gun ,
- automatic pistol ,
- badger ,
- bail up ,
- bare ,
- baseball ,
- basketball ,
- battledore and shuttlecock ,
- be awarded ,
- be spent ,
- become ,
- belong ,
- bereave ,
- bersagliere ,
- bit ,
- blend ,
- blend in ,
- brave ,
- break ,
- break down ,
- bunco ,
- bunko ,
- burglarize ,
- bust ,
- canal ,
- canalize ,
- cannon fodder ,
- carabineer ,
- carve ,
- catch ,
- chamfer ,
- change location ,
- channel ,
- chisel ,
- clean ,
- clean out ,
- come ,
- conk ,
- conk out ,
- contention ,
- corrugate ,
- crack ,
- cricket ,
- crimp ,
- croquet ,
- curling ,
- cut ,
- dado ,
- decease ,
- delve ,
- demolish ,
- denudate ,
- denude ,
- depart ,
- deplume ,
- deprive ,
- descend upon ,
- desolate ,
- devastate ,
- die ,
- dike ,
- discase ,
- discus ,
- disinvest ,
- dismantle ,
- disrobe ,
- ditch ,
- divest ,
- dogface ,
- doughfoot ,
- dredge ,
- drop dead ,
- earn ,
- empty ,
- endure ,
- engrave ,
- excite ,
- exit ,
- expand ,
- expire ,
- extend ,
- fail ,
- fighting man ,
- filibuster ,
- firelock ,
- fit ,
- fives ,
- flute ,
- food for powder ,
- foot soldier ,
- football ,
- footslogger ,
- foray ,
- fowling piece ,
- function ,
- furrow ,
- fusil ,
- gain ,
- gash ,
- gat ,
- get ,
- get going ,
- give out ,
- give way ,
- go ,
- go away ,
- go bad ,
- goffer ,
- golf ,
- gouge ,
- grab ,
- greasy pole ,
- grenadier ,
- groove ,
- grunt ,
- gully ,
- gunflint ,
- gunman ,
- gymnastics ,
- hackbut ,
- halberdier ,
- hijack ,
- hockey ,
- hold out ,
- hold up ,
- horseshoes ,
- housebreak ,
- ice hockey ,
- incise ,
- infantryman ,
- invade ,
- lacrosse ,
- last ,
- lawn tennis ,
- lay bare ,
- leach ,
- lead ,
- legionary ,
- level ,
- live ,
- live on ,
- locomote ,
- look all over ,
- man ,
- man-at-arms ,
- maraud ,
- marauding ,
- marksman ,
- matchlock ,
- meet ,
- military man ,
- move ,
- musketeer ,
- musketry ,
- muzzle-loader ,
- navy man ,
- needle gun ,
- operate ,
- opus ,
- originate ,
- pall-mall ,
- pallone ,
- part ,
- pass ,
- pass away ,
- pattern ,
- perish ,
- pilfer ,
- pirate ,
- pleat ,
- plow ,
- plump ,
- poach ,
- polo ,
- pounce upon ,
- predacious ,
- predatory ,
- prey on ,
- prey upon ,
- proceed ,
- pugilism ,
- purloin ,
- quoits ,
- rabbet ,
- rackets ,
- rake ,
- ravage ,
- raven ,
- ravening ,
- ravish ,
- raze ,
- reave ,
- reive ,
- relieve ,
- rifleman ,
- rifling ,
- rip ,
- rod ,
- rounders ,
- ruin ,
- run ,
- run low ,
- run short ,
- rut ,
- sawed-off shotgun ,
- scattergun ,
- score ,
- scratch ,
- search high heaven ,
- serviceman ,
- set upon ,
- shake ,
- sharpshooter ,
- shooting iron ,
- shop-lift ,
- six-gun ,
- six-shooter ,
- skating ,
- sliding ,
- slit ,
- slot ,
- small arms ,
- smuggle ,
- sniper ,
- soccer ,
- soldier ,
- sound ,
- spoil ,
- start ,
- storm ,
- streak ,
- stria ,
- striate ,
- striation ,
- strip ,
- strip down ,
- sulcus ,
- survive ,
- sweep ,
- take ,
- tennis ,
- tent pegging ,
- tobogganing ,
- toss ,
- tournament ,
- trash ,
- travel ,
- trench ,
- trough ,
- turf ,
- turn inside out ,
- turn upside down ,
- uncase ,
- unclothe ,
- undress ,
- violate ,
- vulturine ,
- warrior ,
- waste ,
- water polo ,
- wayfarer ,
- wrinkle .
- carried off ,
- carry off ,
- held for ransom ,
- hold for ransom ,
- housebreaking ,
- housebreaks ,
- housebroke ,
- housebroken ,
- knock off ,
- plagiarize ,
- ran off with ,
- ran with ,
- run off with ,
- run with ,
- spirit away ,
- take possession of ,
- walk with ,
- walked off with .
- Guns ,
- Shotguns ,
- blaster ,
- blasters ,
- carbine ,
- carbines ,
- equalizer ,
- equalizers ,
- firearm ,
- flintlock ,
- flintlocks ,
- forty-five ,
- gun ,
- handgun ,
- handguns ,
- howitzer ,
- howitzers ,
- magnum ,
- magnums ,
- mortar ,
- mortars ,
- musket ,
- peashooter ,
- peashooters ,
- persuader ,
- persuaders ,
- piece ,
- revolver ,
- revolvers ,
- shotgun ,
- small-arm ,
- thirty-eight ,
- weapon .
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How to use "Rifle" in context?
When you think of a rifle, what springs to mind? Likely images of men in the Wild West wielding them prominently come to mind, but rifles are more versatile than that. They can be used for hunting, target shooting, and security purposes. What follows is an overview of the different types of rifles, what they're used for, and some of the pros and cons of owning one.
Paraphrases for Rifle:
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Forward Entailment
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Adjective
firearm.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
carabinieri, fusiliers.
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Noun, singular or mass
gat, carabinieri.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
Homophones for Rifle:
- roble, repel, rubble, robolo, revalue, reveille, revival, rape oil, rouble, repeal, revile, replay, repayable, rival, raphael, ruble, raffle, reply, rubel, ravioli, reveal, ruefully, reifel, revel, rueful, Ruhr Valley, refuel, rubella, refill, rebel, rubeola, rappel, ravel, ruffle, riffle, rabble, ripple.
Hyponym for Rifle:
Meronym for Rifle:
n.
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artifact
bolt, slide action, rifle butt, pump action.
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artifact
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