musket Synonyms
Strongest:
- culverin
- firearm
- shotgun
- pistol
- firelock
- breechloader
- flintlock
- blunderbuss
- matchlock
- harquebus
- fieldpiece
- smoothbore
- arquebus
Strong:
- handgun
- six-shooter
- -22
- piece
- roscoe
- arm
- revolver
- gat
- twenty-two
- sidearm
- carbine
- forty-five
- small-arm
- rod
- semiautomatic
- -45
- derringer
- six-gun
- zip-gun
Weak:
musket Meaning
musket (n)
a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen
musket (n.)
The male of the sparrow hawk.
A species of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army. It was originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted. This arm has been generally superseded by the rifle.
FAQs About the word musket
a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymenThe male of the sparrow hawk., A species of firearm formerly carried by the infant
culverin, firearm, shotgun, pistol, firelock, breechloader,flintlock, blunderbuss, matchlock, harquebus
No antonyms found.
During the Revolutionary War, soldiers used muskets to fight for independence.
The musket's loud report and thick cloud of smoke made it a formidable weapon.
The smoothbore musket was a common firearm in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Loading a musket was a time-consuming process that required skill.
