weapons

The word “weapons” has 2 syllables: weap-ons

It's pronounced as /ˈwɛpənz/


What is synonym and antonym for weapons?

In the thesaurus, “weapons” has 72 synonyms and 4 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for weapons along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for weapons

Antonyms for weapons

  • demilitarizes
  • demobilizes
  • denuclearizes
  • disarms

Meanings of weapons

  • noun
    1. An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords.
    2. An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another.
    3. A tool of any kind.
    4. An idiot, an oaf, a fool, a tool; a contemptible or incompetent person.

Example Sentences

  • The soldiers carried their weapons as they marched through the city.
  • New weapons were developed to increase accuracy and range.
  • The rebels surrendered their weapons to the authorities.
  • Museums often display ancient weapons used by warriors of the past.
  • Talks focused on reducing the number of nuclear weapons worldwide.

On this page you'll find 76 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to weapons, such as: activators, aegises, agencies, agents, ammunitions, animators, antecedents.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

safeguards

  • aegises
  • ammunitions
  • armaments
  • armors
  • arms
  • averts
  • battles
  • bucklers
  • buffers
  • bulwarks
  • cautions
  • conserves
  • contends
  • covers
  • defends
  • defenses
  • egises
  • fail-safes
  • fences
  • fends
  • fights
  • forfends
  • fortresses
  • forts
  • guards
  • keeps
  • munitions
  • opposes
  • palisades
  • palladia
  • pickets
  • precautions
  • preserves
  • preventives
  • prevents
  • protections
  • protects
  • resists
  • saves
  • screens
  • secures
  • securities
  • shields
  • stands up for
  • strongholds
  • walls
  • wards
  • wars
  • weaponries
  • weapons
  • withstands

walls

wards

  • aegises
  • ammunitions
  • armaments
  • armors
  • arms
  • averts
  • battles
  • bucklers
  • buffers
  • bulwarks
  • care
  • conserves
  • contends
  • controls
  • covers
  • custodianships
  • custodies
  • defends
  • defenses
  • egises
  • fences
  • fends
  • fights
  • forfends
  • fortresses
  • forts
  • governorships
  • guardianships
  • guards
  • hands
  • keeps
  • managements
  • munitions
  • opposes
  • palisades
  • pickets
  • preserves
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  • resists
  • safeguards
  • saves
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  • shields
  • stands up for
  • strongholds
  • superintendences
  • supervisions
  • trusts
  • walls
  • wars
  • weaponries
  • weapons
  • withstands

accoutrements

bastille

  • aegis
  • alcove
  • antechamber
  • apartment
  • apprehend
  • armor
  • arms
  • barricade
  • barrier
  • bastion
  • big house
  • black hole
  • block
  • book
  • booth
  • bottle up
  • bridewell
  • brig
  • bull pen
  • bullpen
  • bulwark
  • burrow
  • buttress
  • cage
  • calaboose
  • can
  • castle
  • cavity
  • cell
  • chamber
  • check
  • circumscribe
  • citadel
  • clink
  • cloister
  • closet
  • commit
  • compartment
  • concentration camp
  • confine
  • confinement
  • constrain
  • cooler
  • coop
  • coop up
  • cover
  • crib
  • crypt
  • cubicle
  • curb
  • den
  • detain
  • detention camp
  • deterrence
  • dike
  • dungeon
  • embankment
  • fastness
  • fence
  • fence in
  • fort
  • fortification
  • fortress
  • g
  • garrison
  • glasshouse
  • guard
  • guardhouse
  • guardroom
  • gulag
  • hard shell
  • hock
  • hold
  • hold captive
  • hold hostage
  • hold in custody
  • hole
  • hoosegow
  • house of correction
  • ice
  • immunity
  • immure
  • impound
  • imprison
  • incarcerate
  • inside
  • intern
  • jail
  • jailhouse
  • joint
  • jug
  • keep
  • keep captive
  • keep in custody
  • labor camp
  • limit
  • lock in
  • lock up
  • lockup
  • munitions
  • nab
  • nick
  • nook
  • occlude
  • oubliette
  • palisade
  • parapet
  • pen
  • penal institution
  • penitentiary
  • pokey
  • position
  • pound
  • prison
  • prison camp
  • protection
  • put away
  • put behind bars
  • put on ice
  • put under lock and key
  • quod
  • rack
  • rail in
  • railroad
  • rampart
  • receptacle
  • recess
  • redoubt
  • reform school
  • reformatory
  • remand
  • resistance
  • restrain
  • restrict
  • retreat
  • safeguard
  • security
  • send to prison
  • send up
  • send up the river
  • sentence
  • settle
  • shelter
  • shield
  • shut in
  • slam
  • slammer
  • slough
  • solitary
  • stalag
  • stall
  • statesville
  • stir
  • stockade
  • stronghold
  • take away
  • take prisoner
  • tank
  • throw away the keys
  • throw book at
  • throw in dungeon
  • throw the book at
  • tolbooth
  • tower
  • training school
  • trammel
  • trench
  • up the river
  • vault
  • wall
  • ward
  • warfare
  • weaponry
  • weapons
  • work camp

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