Word Type

Noun

The word "handgun" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

army charalton heston's house drawer gunstore hand of murder hands of criminal holster of policeman mans hand museum policeman's house war

Coordinate Terms

; air gun firearm gat gun iron long gun piece rifle

Derived Terms

antihandgun

Derived From

gun hand

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

firearm gun piece ranged weapon small-arm weapon

Type Of (IsA)

attack attack using weapons attack with guns dangerous weapon physical attack portable gun ranged weapon sidearm small concealable type of gun subclass of gun weapon

Related Terms

barrel gun

Synonym Network

pistol

Used For

being in control blasting enemy carrying on person causing injury collecting weapons intimidating others killing make trouble mayhem military use murder personal weapon police men enforcing law police use projecting ammunition protect yourself scare off burglar self defense shoot bullets shooting bullets shooting people taking life target practice threat

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.