Synonyms & related words for cannonball

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of cannonball — including grapeshot, bullet, buckshot, shrapnel, rocket. 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 cannonball

Explore words related to cannonball — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include cannon, projectiles, cannonry, culverin, cannoneer, musket, hydrobomb, smoothbore. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for cannonball

Common synonyms for cannonball include grapeshot, bullet, buckshot, shrapnel, rocket — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does cannonball come from?

The word cannonball breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root cannon-, from Latin kanna (“reed, tube”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.