Synonyms for rifle
ˈraɪ fəlri·fle

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. rifleverb

   a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore

   "he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired"

2. plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, forayverb

   steal goods; take as spoils

   "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

   Synonyms:
   foray, comb, disrobe, spoil, clean, discase, leach, rape, divest, violate, sack, dismantle, strip, unclothe, undress, reave, denude, uncase, denudate, strip down, despoil, go, ransack, loot, deprive, peel, plunder, bare, pillage, disinvest

3. rifle, goverb

   go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way

   "Who rifled through my desk drawers?"

   Synonyms:
   drop dead, pop off, operate, belong, buy the farm, give-up the ghost, work, choke, go away, get, die, sound, get going, kick the bucket, run, plunder, function, lead, endure, plump, live, pass away, pillage, run short, survive, croak, live on, move, extend, conk, ransack, decease, become, run low, conk out, loot, break, proceed, last, despoil, give out, break down, go, depart, give way, hold up, snuff it, fit, pass, hold out, start, foray, fail, locomote, travel, blend, exit, perish, blend in, reave, cash in one's chips, expire, strip, go bad

Matched Categories

1. • Search
   • Take

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rifleverb

   Synonyms:
   seize, snatch away, carry off

2. rifleverb

   Synonyms:
   rob, pillage, plunder, strip, despoil, fleece

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rifleverb

   Synonyms:
   strip, fleece, despoil, pillage, devastate

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "rifle":

   shotgun, gun, rifles, fusiliers, carabinieri, musket, venice, gat, weapon, carabineros, riflemen, riffle

Suggested Resources

1. rifle

   The rifle symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the rifle symbol and its characteristic.

2. Rifle

   Rifle vs. Riffle -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Rifle and Riffle.

How to pronounce rifle?

How to say rifle in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use rifle in a sentence?

1. Dick Fairburn:

   There's no advantage for a handgun over an assault rifle.

2. Emiliano Zapata:

   Seek justice from tyrannical governments not with your hat in your hand but a rifle in your fist

3. Brett Hankison:

   As soon as I returned fire through that window the threat stopped, and I felt pretty helpless, like there is no way we can challenge this guy with an assault rifle.

4. Alan Rice:

   The ammunition was the same or even less powerful than a common hunting rifle, but the common hunting rifle had a different outward physical appearance.

5. John Kelly:

   I've seen this a million times, where alcoholic parents then feel guilty because they were drinking and carrying on and fighting and everything while raising the kid, and their guilt causes them to be enablers, and what that all means with him is, I don’t know everything because all the information isn’t out there, but that could create a situation where the father would be enabling him by helping him purchase the rifle.