'gunman' definitions:
Definition of 'gunman'
From: WordNet
noun
A professional killer who uses a gun [syn: gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire, triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter]
noun
A person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability) [syn: gunman, gun]
Synonyms of 'gunman'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adventurer,
- apache,
- archer,
- artilleryman,
- assassin,
- assassinator,
- bloodletter,
- bloodshedder,
- bowman,
- bravo,
- bucko,
- bully,
- bullyboy,
- burker,
- butcher,
- button man,
- Cain,
- cannibal,
- cannoneer,
- carabineer,
- condottiere,
- crack shot,
- cutthroat,
- dead shot,
- deadeye,
- desperado,
- devil,
- eradicator,
- executioner,
- exterminator,
- free lance,
- garroter,
- good shot,
- gorilla,
- gun,
- gunner,
- gunsel,
- gunslinger,
- hatchet man,
- head-hunter,
- hell-raiser,
- hellcat,
- hired gun,
- hired killer,
- hireling,
- hit man,
- homicidal maniac,
- homicide,
- hunter,
- killer,
- mad dog,
- man-eater,
- man-killer,
- manslayer,
- marksman,
- markswoman,
- massacrer,
- matador,
- mercenary,
- murderer,
- musketeer,
- Nimrod,
- pesticide,
- poison,
- poisoner,
- professional killer,
- rifleman,
- rough,
- rowdy,
- ruffian,
- sharpshooter,
- shooter,
- shot,
- slaughterer,
- slayer,
- sniper,
- soldier of fortune,
- strangler,
- targetshooter,
- thug,
- torpedo,
- toxophilite,
- trapshooter,
- trigger man