gunman
/ˈɡʌnmən
/noun (plural gunmen)
A man who uses a gun to commit a crime or terrorist act: a gang of masked gunmen...
- It emerged last night that one of the gunmen was a terrorist known to the Saudi authorities.
- The gunman's accomplice carried on with the raid, smashing a glass security shield and taking cash.
- Over time, these not so good areas have also given rise to thieves and gunmen.
Synonyms
armed robber, hold-up man, bandit, gangster, terrorist, gunfighter;
sniper, assassin, murderer, killer, liquidator
informal stick-up man, hitman, gun, hired gun, contract man, hatchet man, trigger man, gunslinger, mobster
North American informal shootist, hood, button man
Rhymes
- swimming bath
- swimming baths
- swimming costume
- swimming crab
- swimming hole
- swimmingly
- swimming pool
- swimming trunks
- swimsuit
- swimsuited
- swim trunks
- swimwear
- swim with (or against) the tide
- Swinburne, Algernon Charles
- swindle
- swindler
- Swindon
- swine
- swine fever
- swine flu
- swineherd
- swine vesicular disease
- swing
- swingback
- swingbin