cannonballs

The word “cannonballs” has 3 syllables: can-non-balls

It's pronounced as /kæn.ən.bɔlz/


What is synonym and antonym for cannonballs?

In the thesaurus, “cannonballs” has 99 synonyms and 19 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for cannonballs along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for cannonballs

  • accelerates
  • ammunitions
  • arrows
  • balls
  • barrels
  • beats it
  • beelines
  • beetles
  • belts
  • blasts
  • blazes
  • blows
  • bolts
  • bombs
  • bowls
  • breezes
  • bullets
  • bundles
  • bustles
  • buzzes
  • caps
  • careens
  • careers
  • cartridges
  • catches up
  • charges
  • chases
  • courses
  • darts
  • dashes
  • drives
  • dumdums
  • fast-forwards
  • flies
  • flits
  • gallops
  • gets a move on
  • gunshots
  • hares
  • hastens
  • hies
  • highballs
  • humps
  • hurls
  • hurries
  • hurtles
  • hustles
  • jets
  • jogs
  • jumps
  • leads
  • loads
  • makes tracks
  • missiles
  • motors
  • nips
  • outpaces
  • outruns
  • outstrips
  • overtakes
  • pellets
  • pelts
  • pops
  • projectiles
  • quickens
  • races
  • rams
  • rips
  • rockets
  • rounds
  • runs
  • rushes
  • rustles
  • scampers
  • scoots
  • scuds
  • scuffles
  • scurries
  • scuttles
  • shakes a leg
  • shells
  • shoots
  • shots
  • slugs
  • speeds
  • sprints
  • stampedes
  • steps
  • steps on it
  • steps out
  • streaks
  • tears
  • travels
  • trots
  • whirls
  • whisks
  • whizzes
  • zips
  • zooms

Antonyms for cannonballs

Meanings of cannonballs

  • noun
    1. (artillery).
    2. The act of running and jumping in a flexed position into a swimming pool to create a large splash, mimicking the flight and shape of a cannonball.
  • verb
    1. To jump/dive into water doing a cannonball landing.
    2. To careen; to move rapidly.

Example Sentences

  • The pirate ship was loaded with cannonballs ready for battle.
  • They found several rusty cannonballs buried near the old fort.
  • The museum displayed ancient cannonballs from the 18th century.
  • He studied how cannonballs were used in historical naval warfare.
  • The soldiers stacked the cannonballs beside the cannon in preparation.

On this page you'll find 118 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to cannonballs, such as: accelerates, ambles, ammunitions, arrows, balls, barrels, beats it.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

races

  • accelerates
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zips

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  • makes tracks
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  • rams
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  • sails
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  • scoots
  • scuds
  • scuffles
  • scurries
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  • shakes a leg
  • shoots
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  • speeds
  • sprints
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  • steps
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  • tears
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  • whirrs
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  • whishes
  • whisks
  • whispers
  • whistles
  • whizzes
  • whooshes
  • zeroes
  • zeros
  • zilches
  • zings
  • zooms

zooms

  • accelerates
  • accumulates
  • appreciates
  • arrows
  • babbles
  • balloons
  • barrels
  • beats it
  • beelines
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  • belts
  • blasts
  • blazes
  • blows
  • bolts
  • bombs
  • bourgeons
  • bowls
  • breezes
  • builds up
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  • bundles
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  • bustles
  • buzzes
  • cannonballs
  • careens
  • careers
  • catches up
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  • churrs
  • coos
  • courses
  • crests
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  • darts
  • dashes
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  • enlarges
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  • flies
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  • gallops
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  • gets a move on
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  • scuffles
  • scurries
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  • shakes a leg
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  • steps
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  • travels
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  • whirs
  • whishes
  • whisks
  • whispers
  • whistles
  • whizzes
  • whooshes
  • zings
  • zips

dashes

  • accelerates
  • afflicts
  • agitates
  • ails
  • arrows
  • barrels
  • bathes
  • beats it
  • beelines
  • beetles
  • belts
  • bespatters
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  • blazes
  • blows
  • bolts
  • bombs
  • bothers
  • bounds
  • bowls
  • breezes
  • bucks
  • bundles
  • burdens
  • bustles
  • buzzes
  • cannonballs
  • canters
  • careens
  • careers
  • casts
  • catapults
  • catches up
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  • concerns
  • courses
  • dabbles
  • darts
  • daunts
  • dejects
  • demoralizes
  • depresses
  • discomforts
  • discomposes
  • discourages
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  • dismays
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  • disquiets
  • distresses
  • disturbs
  • douses
  • dowses
  • drenches
  • drives
  • drowns
  • ejects
  • exercises
  • fast-forwards
  • fires
  • flies
  • flings
  • flips
  • flits
  • gallops
  • gets a move on
  • gets down
  • guns
  • hares
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  • heaves
  • hies
  • highballs
  • hooks
  • humps
  • hurls
  • hurries
  • hurtles
  • hustles
  • impels
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  • jets
  • jogs
  • jumps
  • laps
  • launches
  • leaps
  • lets fly
  • lobs
  • lofts
  • lopes
  • makes tracks
  • motors
  • nips
  • oppresses
  • outpaces
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  • overtakes
  • passes
  • patters
  • pegs
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  • projects
  • propels
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  • races
  • rams
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  • rockets
  • rolls
  • runs
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  • rustles
  • saddens
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  • scampers
  • scoots
  • scuds
  • scuffles
  • scurries
  • scuttles
  • shags
  • shakes a leg
  • shoots
  • skips
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  • soaks
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  • sprays
  • springs
  • sprinkles
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  • spritzes
  • squirts
  • stampedes
  • steeps
  • steps
  • steps on it
  • steps out
  • streaks
  • swashes
  • tears
  • throws
  • thrusts
  • torments
  • tortures
  • tosses
  • travels
  • trips
  • trots
  • troubles
  • undoes
  • unhinges
  • unnerves
  • unsettles
  • upsets
  • washes
  • waters
  • weighs down
  • whirls
  • whisks
  • whizzes
  • worries
  • zips
  • zooms

gallops

  • barrels
  • belts
  • blasts
  • blazes
  • blows
  • bolts
  • bombs
  • bounds
  • bowls
  • breezes
  • bustles
  • buzzes
  • cannonballs
  • canters
  • careens
  • courses
  • dashes
  • hares
  • hastens
  • hies
  • humps
  • hurls
  • hurries
  • hurtles
  • hustles
  • jets
  • jogs
  • leaps
  • lopes
  • nips
  • patters
  • pelts
  • races
  • rams
  • rips
  • rockets
  • runs
  • rushes
  • rustles
  • scampers
  • scoots
  • scurries
  • scuttles
  • shags
  • shoots
  • skips
  • speeds
  • springs
  • sprints
  • tears
  • trips
  • trots
  • whirls
  • whisks
  • zips
  • zooms

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