gunman

Questions about gunman

What is another word for gunman?

It depends which gunman you mean. In the sense “a professional killer who uses a gun”, the synonyms are gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire, triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter. Across all 2 senses there are 9 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of gunman?

WordNet records no antonym for gunman. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Why are the synonyms for gunman split into groups?

Because gunman carries 2 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Where do the synonyms for gunman come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of gunman

• Full entry for gunmanAll 2 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for gunmanWords matching from the last stressed vowel onward, grouped by syllable count.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.