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gat

The word “gat” has 1 syllable: gat

It's pronounced as /ɡæt/

What is synonym and antonym for gat?

In the thesaurus, “gat” has 97 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for gat along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for gat

  • AK-47
  • airway
  • approach
  • arm
  • arquebus
  • artery
  • assault rifle
  • assault weapon
  • automatic
  • avenue
  • bikeway
  • blunderbuss
  • boiler
  • boulevard
  • breechloader
  • bypass
  • bypath
  • byway
  • carbine
  • channel
  • convector
  • culverin
  • cycleway
  • derringer
  • door
  • doorway
  • drive
  • etna
  • expressway
  • fastball
  • fieldpiece
  • firearm
  • firelock
  • flintlock
  • forty-five
  • freeway
  • furnace
  • gate
  • gateway
  • gun
  • handgun
  • harquebus
  • hatch
  • heat
  • high road
  • highway
  • lane
  • laneway
  • machine gun
  • machine pistol
  • matchlock
  • musket
  • oven
  • pass
  • passage
  • passageway
  • path
  • piece
  • pike
  • pistol
  • portal
  • radiator
  • repeater
  • revolver
  • rifle
  • road
  • roadway
  • rod
  • roscoe
  • route
  • routeway
  • row
  • self-loader
  • semiautomatic
  • shotgun
  • sidearm
  • six-gun
  • six-shooter
  • small arm
  • smoothbore
  • speargun
  • stove
  • street
  • submachine gun
  • thoroughfare
  • tommy gun
  • trace
  • track
  • trail
  • turnpike
  • twenty-two
  • walk
  • walkway
  • watercourse
  • waterway
  • way
  • zip gun

Meanings of gat

  • noun
    1. (in old westerns) A Gatling gun.
    2. (originally 1920s gangster slang) Any type of gun, usually a pistol.
    3. A guitar.
    4. An opening between sandbanks; a strait.
    5. A traditional Korean hat made of horsehair, once worn by married gentlemen.
  • verb
    1. To shoot someone with a pistol or other handheld firearm.
    2. (ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
    3. To receive.
    4. (in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
    5. To fetch, bring, take.
    6. To become, or cause oneself to become.
    7. To cause to become; to bring about.
    8. To cause to do.
    9. To cause to come or go or move.
    10. To cause to be in a certain status or position.
    11. (with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).
    12. To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
    13. To begin (doing something or to do something).
    14. To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
    15. To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
    16. (followed by infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).
    17. To understand. (compare get it).
    18. To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
    19. To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
    20. To become ill with or catch (a disease).
    21. To catch out, trick successfully.
    22. To perplex, stump.
    23. To find as an answer.
    24. To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
    25. To hear completely; catch.
    26. To getter.
    27. To beget (of a father).
    28. To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
    29. Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
    30. To go, to leave; to scram.
    31. To kill.
    32. To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
    33. To measure.

Example Sentences

  • The old gat on the wall was a relic from a bygone era.
  • He carried a gat in his coat pocket for protection.
  • The gat was an important piece of historical military equipment.
  • She found an antique gat at the flea market.
  • The detective examined the gat found at the crime scene.

On this page you'll find 97 synonyms or another words to gat, such as: AK-47, airway, approach, arm, arquebus, artery, assault rifle.

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

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  • blemish
  • canker
  • castigate
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  • condemn
  • confound
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  • contaminate
  • corrupt
  • criticize
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  • descend
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  • dirty
  • discomfit
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  • discountenance
  • discredit
  • disgrace
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  • flaw
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  • harm
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  • rattle
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  • reprehend
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  • ridicule
  • ruin
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  • sink
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  • smirch
  • spoil
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  • subvert
  • taint
  • take down
  • tarnish
  • thin
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  • warp
  • water down
  • weaken
  • wreck
  • write off

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