/ Thesaurus / S Synonyms of shooting Find synonyms for: Noun1. shooting, shot, propulsion, actuationusage: the act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but accurate"2. shooting, homicideusage: killing someone by gunfire; "when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies"Verb1. shoot, hit, pip, injure, woundusage: hit with a missile from a weapon2. shoot, pip, killusage: kill by firing a missile3. blast, shoot, fire, dischargeusage: fire a shot; "the gunman blasted away"4. film, shoot, take, record, enter, put downusage: make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"5. shoot, project, cast, contrive, throwusage: send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; "shoot a glance"6. dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot, rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on itusage: run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"7. tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck, rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on itusage: move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"8. shoot, hitusage: throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"9. photograph, snap, shoot, record, enter, put downusage: record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"10. shoot, emit, give out, give offusage: emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully; "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"11. shoot, ache, smart, hurtusage: cause a sharp and sudden pain in; "The pain shot up her leg"12. inject, shoot, insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduceusage: force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon"13. shoot, weave, interweaveusage: variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors; "shoot cloth"14. shoot, throwusage: throw dice, as in a crap game15. fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away, consume, squander, waste, wareusage: spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"16. shoot, score, hit, tally, rack upusage: score; "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal"17. shoot, utter, emit, let out, let looseusage: utter fast and forcefully; "She shot back an answer"18. shoot, measure, mensurate, measure outusage: measure the altitude of by using a sextant; "shoot a star"19. shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout, growusage: produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"20. inject, shoot, administer, dispenseusage: give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: loathe Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language