weapons system

1. 1.

   weapons considered collectively

   Synonymsweaponryarmsimplements of warmunition

   Broaderinstrumentality

   Narrowerammunitionarmamentbombdefense systemgunneryhardwarenaval weaponry

   Partsweapon

Questions about weapons system

What does weapons system mean?

weapons system means "weapons considered collectively".

What is another word for weapons system?

Close synonyms include weaponry, arms, implements of war, munition. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is weapons system a common word?

weapons system is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.