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Synonyms for weapon
ˈwɛp ənweapon
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
weapon
A tool is something that is both contrived and used for extending the force of an intelligent agent to something that is to be operated upon. Those things by which pacific and industrial operations are performed are alone properly called tools, those designed for warlike purposes being designated weapons. An instrument is anything through which power is applied and a result produced; in general usage, the word is of considerably wider meaning than tool; as, a piano is a musical instrument. Instrument is the word usually applied to tools used in scientific pursuits; as, we speak of a surgeon's or an optician's instruments. An implement is a mechanical agency considered with reference to some specific purpose to which it is adapted; as, an agricultural implement; implements of war. Implement is a less technical and artificial term than tool. The paw of a tiger might be termed a terrible implement, but not a tool. A utensil is that which may be used for some special purpose; the word is especially applied to articles used for domestic or agricultural purposes; as, kitchen utensils; farming utensils. An appliance is that which is or may be applied to the accomplishment of a result, either independently or as subordinate to something more extensive or important; every mechanical tool is an appliance, but not every appliance is a tool; the traces of a harness are appliances for traction, but they are not tools. Mechanism is a word of wide meaning, denoting any combination of mechanical devices for united action. A machine in the most general sense is any mechanical instrument for the conversion of motion; in this sense a lever is a machine; but in more commonly accepted usage a machine is distinguished from a tool by its complexity, and by the combination and coordination of powers and movements for the production of a result. A chisel by itself is a tool; when it is set so as to be operated by a crank and pitman, the entire mechanism is called a machine; as, a mortising-machine. An apparatus may be a machine, but the word is commonly used for a collection of distinct articles to be used in connection or combination for a certain purpose — a mechanical equipment; as, the apparatus of a gymnasium; especially, for a collection of appliances for some scientific purpose; as, a chemical or surgical apparatus; an apparatus may include many tools, instruments, or implements. Implement is for the most part and utensil is altogether restricted to the literal sense; instrument, machine, and tool have figurative use, instrument being used largely in a good, tool always in a bad sense; machine inclines to the unfavorable sense, as implying that human agents are made mechanically subservient to some controlling will; as, an instrument of Providence; the tool of a tyrant; a political machine.
Synonyms:
apparatus, appliance, implement, instrument, machine, mechanism, tool, utensil
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
weapon
Synonyms:
instrument, implement, utensil, armAntonyms:
shift, makeshift, contrivance
Princeton's WordNet
weapon, arm, weapon systemnoun
any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting
"he was licensed to carry a weapon"
Synonyms:
branch, sleeve, weapon system, arm, subdivision, artillery, limbweapon, artillerynoun
a means of persuading or arguing
"he used all his conversational weapons"
Synonyms:
gun, ordnance, heavy weapon, artillery unit, arm, artillery, weapon system
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1153 | machine | |
#1247 | tool | |
#1711 | poor | |
#2200 | branch | |
#2860 | arms | |
#3230 | arm | |
#3335 | gun | |
#3444 | weapons | |
#3594 | implement | |
#3682 | instrument | |
#4017 | mechanism | |
#5580 | sleeve | |
#6301 | weapon | |
#6693 | appliance | |
#8132 | subdivision | |
#9144 | apparatus | |
#10008 | rifle | |
#14085 | pistol | |
#15082 | artillery | |
#15891 | limb | |
#17545 | firearm | |
#21408 | ordnance | |
#21987 | disarmament | |
#30024 | weaponry | |
#42322 | arma | |
#46768 | utensil | |
#138138 | sidearm |
How to use weapon in a sentence?
That decision sets a troubling precedent that will only empower and embolden bad actors to use cyber as an offensive weapon even more aggressively in the future.
When someone whose job it is to ensure the safety of the weapon hands someone else whose job was to be the secondary layer of protection for safety, and they hand it over to and you declare that that weapon is safe — that’s how I’ve lived my whole life, i’ve relied on the safety experts there to declare the gun is safe and hand me the gun. Never had a problem.
There is no daylight between us on the fundamental proposition that Iran must never be allowed to acquire a nuclear weapon, whether there is a return to the JCPOA, the Iran nuclear agreement, or not, that principle will not change nor will our commitment to it.
Iran should never under circumstances be allowed to get a nuclear weapon, there is clearly an opportunity now for Iran to come back into compliance with the nuclear deal... and to resume dialogue, as well as to cease its disruptive behavior in the region.
My most favorite weapon is a chainsaw!
Translations for weapon
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- armaAragonese
- سلاحArabic
- silahAzerbaijani
- зброяBelarusian
- оръжиеBulgarian
- གོ་མཚོན, མཚོན་ཆTibetan Standard
- armaCatalan, Valencian
- zbraňCzech
- arf, erfynWelsh
- våbenDanish
- WaffeGerman
- όπλοGreek
- armiloEsperanto
- armaSpanish
- relvEstonian
- سلاحPersian
- aseFinnish
- vápnFaroese
- armeFrench
- wapenWestern Frisian
- armScottish Gaelic
- armaGalician
- mbokaGuaraní
- શસ્ત્રGujarati
- נשקHebrew
- हथियारHindi
- fegyverHungarian
- զենքArmenian
- armaInterlingua
- senjataIndonesian
- armoIdo
- vopnIcelandic
- armaItalian
- נשקHebrew
- 武器, 兵器Japanese
- იარაღი, საჭურველიGeorgian
- គ្រឿងអាវុធ, អាវុធKhmer
- 武器, 무기Korean
- çek, sîlehKurdish
- armaLatin
- ຄຳເພິງLao
- ginklasLithuanian
- ierocis, ieročiLatvian
- оружјеMacedonian
- зэвсэгMongolian
- senjataMalay
- våpenNorwegian
- wapenDutch
- våpenNorwegian Nynorsk
- armaOccitan
- brońPolish
- armaPortuguese
- armăRomanian
- оружиеRussian
- àrmaSardinian
- оружје, oružjeSerbo-Croatian
- zbraňSlovak
- orožjeSlovene
- armëAlbanian
- vapenSwedish
- silaha, vilahaSwahili
- ఆయుధంTelugu
- อาวุธThai
- yarak, silahTurkish
- зброяUkrainian
- ہتھیارUrdu
- 武器, 兵器, binh khí, vũ khíVietnamese
- 武器Chinese
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