Shot Synonyms and Antonyms

shŏt
An act of shooting
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. shooting
  2. firing
  3. igniting
  4. blasting
  5. setting-off
  6. taking aim
  7. sighting a target
  8. injection
  9. pulling the trigger
  10. discharge
  11. loosing
  12. letting fly
Antonyms:
  1. backfire
A flying missile
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. try
  2. pellet
  3. attempt
  4. bullet
  5. ball
  6. crack
  7. effort
  8. projectile
  9. ammunition
  10. endeavor
  11. essay
  12. lead
  13. blank
  14. blast
  15. go
  16. chance
  17. offer
  18. discharge
  19. stab
  20. fling
  21. buckshot
  22. guess
  23. trial
  24. gunfire
  25. jolt
  26. marksman
  27. grapeshot
  28. missile
  29. take
  30. opening
  31. opportunity
  32. assay
  33. range
  34. reach
  35. slug
An opportunity to shoot
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. chance
  2. range
  3. break
  4. line-of-fire
  5. reach
  6. distance
  7. occasion
  8. stroke
  9. opening
  10. turn
  11. opportunity
A small amount of liquor
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. nip
  2. dram
  3. drop
  4. jigger
  5. sip
  6. snapshot
  7. tot
  8. slug
  9. snort
  10. snap
Varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. killed
  2. injured
  3. struck
  4. ruined
  5. broken
  6. worn-out
  7. exhausted
  8. spent
  9. kaput
  10. changeable
  11. chatoyant
  12. iridescent
One who shoots
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. gunner
  2. huntsman
  3. marksman
  4. shooter
  5. hunter
  6. rifleman
A loud sudden noise
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. crack
  2. report
  3. blast
  4. discharge
  5. explosion
  6. direct
  7. control
  8. supervise
  9. endeavor
  10. attempt
  11. do one's best at
  12. rapidly
  13. speedily
  14. like-a-bat-out-of-hell
  15. help
  16. boost
  17. booster
  18. assistance
Give an injection to
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. fired
  2. injected
  3. raked
  4. blasted
  5. ignited
  6. exploded
  7. torpedoed
  8. expelled
Antonyms:
  1. backfired
To pass quickly and lightly through the air
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. skimmed
  2. sailed
  3. floated
  4. darted
To hunt
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. propelled
  2. projected
  3. loosed
  4. hurtled
  5. fired
Hit with a missile from a weapon
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. hit
  2. taken
  3. executed
  4. murdered
  5. filmed
  6. dispatched
  7. gunned
An estimate based on little or no information
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. guess
  2. guesswork
  3. guessing
  4. dead-reckoning
A consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. scene
Spend frivolously and unwisely
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. fooled
  2. dissipated
Produce buds, branches, or germinate
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. sprouted
  2. germinated
The launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. blastoff

Words Related to Shot

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.

Related:

  1. attacked
  2. noise
  3. luck
  4. big
  5. ingestion
  6. questioned
  7. helped
  8. volley
  9. free-kick
  10. lob
  11. left-foot
  12. right-foot
  13. left-footed
  14. half-volley
  15. one-shot
  16. flick
  17. 25-yard
  18. well-struck
  19. 16-yard

Shot Sentence Examples

  • She'd shot two men with it.

  • His brows shot up.

  • I never shot a gun in my life.

  • Katie's brows shot up.

  • Her wandering gaze came up to his face and warmth shot painfully up her neck.

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