Shooting Synonyms and Antonyms

zho͝otiŋ
Firing a weapon
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. shot
  2. gunning
  3. firing
  4. pulling the trigger
  5. blasting
  6. discharging
  7. letting-go
  8. taking aim and firing
  9. sighting a target
Marked by severity or intensity
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. acute
  2. gnawing
  3. knifelike
  4. lancinating
  5. piercing
  6. sharp
  7. stabbing
A sport
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. pursuit of game animals
  2. target shooting
  3. field sport
Hit with a missile from a weapon
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. firing
  2. blasting
  3. raking
  4. hitting
  5. igniting
  6. exploding
  7. torpedoing
  8. expelling
Dash
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. skimming
  2. sailing
  3. flying
  4. floating
  5. darting
Antonyms:
  1. walking
Give an injection to
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. injecting
  2. propelling
  3. projecting
  4. loosing
  5. hurtling
  6. firing
To kill by shooting
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. executing
  2. murdering
  3. gunning
  4. dispatching
Produce buds, branches, or germinate
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. sprouting
  2. pullulating
  3. germinating
Spend frivolously and unwisely
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. fooling
  2. dissipating
Discharge, often which injures or kills
(Verb)
Antonyms:
  1. backfiring

Words Related to Shooting

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Shooting Sentence Examples

  • Is someone shooting at us?

  • She jerked back, pain shooting through her.

  • The British shooting was poor.

  • Kelp and upland geese abound, the latter being edible; and their shooting affords some sport.

  • Hunting and shooting give occupation to a great number of persons.

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