| Main Entry: | weapon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arm, armament |
Synonyms: |
ammunition, anlace, arbalest, archery, arrow, assegai, atlatl, ax, axe, backsword, ballista, banderilla, barong, bat, baton, battle-ax, bayonet, bazooka, billy club, blackjack, blade, blowgun, bludgeon, bomb, boomerang, bow and arrow, bowie knife, brass knuckles, cannon, catapult, cleaver, club, crossbow, cudgel, cutlass, dagger, dart, dirk, firearm, flamethrower, gun, harpoon, hatchet, howitzer, hunting knife, knife, lance, machete, machine gun, missile, musket, nerve gas, nuclear bomb, nunchaku, pistol, revolver, rifle, saber, scythe, shotgun, slingshot, spear, spike, stiletto, switchblade, sword, tear gas |
| Main Entry: | arms |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weaponry |
Synonyms: |
accoutrements, armaments, artillery, equipment, firearms, guns, munitions, ordnance, panoply, weapons |
| Main Entry: | artillery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weaponry or military unit |
Synonyms: |
arms, battery, bazooka, big guns, cannon, cannonry, force, gunnery, heavy stuff, munitions, ordnance, rainmakers, stovepipe, weapons |
| Main Entry: | defense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | armament; protection system |
Synonyms: |
aegis, armor, arms, barricade, bastille, bastion, bulwark, buttress, citadel, cover, deterrence, dike, embankment, fastness, fence, fort, fortification, fortress, garrison, guard, immunity, munitions, palisade, parapet, position, protection, rampart, redoubt, resistance, safeguard, security, shelter, shield, stockade, stronghold, trench, wall, ward, warfare, weaponry, weapons |
Antonyms: |
desertion, flight, surrender |
| Main Entry: | engine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | device that drives a machine |
Synonyms: |
agent, apparatus, appliance, barrel, contrivance, cylinder, diesel, dynamo, fan, generator, horses, implement, instrument, means, mechanism, motor, piston, pot, power plant, power train, powerhouse, putt-putt, rubber band, tool, transformer, turbine, weapon, what's under the hood |
| Notes: | engine is the more general term; motor is a special kind of engine an engine is a machine that converts potential energy into kinetic energy to provide motive force in order to do work; a motor is a small engine or a similar device powered by electricity |
| Main Entry: | firearm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gun |
Synonyms: |
handgun, heat*, musket, pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, weapon |
| Main Entry: | munitions |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ammunition |
Synonyms: |
ammo, armament, arsenal, bombs, bullets, explosives, grenades, gunpowder, missiles, shells, torpedos, weapons |
| Main Entry: | ordnance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | artillery |
Synonyms: |
arms, big guns, bombs, heavy stuff, missiles, munitions, weapons |
| Main Entry: | rocket |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | projectile |
Synonyms: |
ICBM, booster, firework, guided missile, intercontinental ballistic missile, missile, spacecraft, spaceship, torpedo, weapon |
| Main Entry: | tool |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instrument used to shape, form, finish |
Synonyms: |
apparatus, appliance, contraption, contrivance, device, engine, gadget, gizmo, implement, job, machine, means, mechanism, utensil, weapon, whatchamacallit |