Synonyms and antonyms of Bullets in British Thesaurus

bandolier (noun)

a type of belt worn over one shoulder and across the chest with pockets to hold bullets

blank (noun)

a gun cartridge that explodes when the gun is fired, but contains no bullet

blank cartridge (noun)

a cartridge for a gun that can be fired but has no bullet in it

buckshot (noun)

small metal balls that are fired from a gun

bullet (noun)

a small piece of metal that is shot from a gun and causes serious damage to the person or thing it hits

caliber ()

the American spelling of calibre

calibre (noun)

the width of a bullet

cartridge (noun)

a small metal tube containing a bullet and a substance that will explode that you put inside a gun

dum-dum (noun)

a type of bullet that breaks into small pieces as it hits someone

flak (noun)

bullets or bombs that are shot at planes from the ground

gunshot (noun)

the bullets shot from a gun

live (adjective)

live bullets are real, rather than blanks or rubber or plastic bullets

pellet (noun)

a small round piece of steel or lead that is fired from a gun

plastic bullet (noun)

a bullet made of plastic used for controlling large violent crowds without killing people

round (noun)

a bullet or a shot that is fired from a weapon

rubber bullet (noun)

a bullet made of hard rubber that is designed to injure people but not to kill them, used especially by the police or army to control threatening crowds

shell (noun)

a weapon consisting of a metal container filled with a substance that explodes, fired from a large gun

shot (noun)

a bullet that is fired from a gun

shot (noun)

small metal balls that are fired from a shotgun

slug (noun)

informal a bullet

tracer (noun)

a bullet that leaves a line of smoke behind it as it travels through the air