Synonyms & related words for blunderbuss

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of blunderbuss. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to blunderbuss

Explore words related to blunderbuss — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include musket, flintlock, matchlock, harquebus, muzzleloading, breechloader, smoothbore, shotgun. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does blunderbuss come from?

The word blunderbuss breaks down into one root of Dutch origin: the root -buss, from Dutch bus (“gun, tube”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.