Meanings
plural revolvers
- engineeringA handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.
Synonyms: wheelgun, smoke wagon
- broadlyAny (personal) firearm with such a mechanism.
- businessSynonym of revolving line of credit, a form of credit permitting the holder to repeatedly borrow money.
The debt is split between $6.5bn of term loans, as well as $6bn of senior and junior bonds and a $500mn revolver.
2023 December 16, “Musk told lenders they would not lose money on Twitter deal”, in FT Weekend (Companies & Markets section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10Synonyms: revolving line of credit
- agentAgent noun of revolve; something that revolves.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.
nounSynonym of revolving line of credit, a form of credit permitting the holder to repeatedly borrow money.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
nouna door consisting of four orthogonal partitions that rotate about a central pivot; a door designed to equalize the air pressure in tall buildings
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From revolve + -er, coined by American inventor Samuel Colt in 1835.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans rewolwer
- rewolwerhandgun with revolving chambers
Arabic مُسَدَّس
- مُسَدَّس (musaddas)handgun with revolving chambers
Basque errebolber
- errebolberhandgun with revolving chambers
Bulgarian револве́р
- револве́р (revolvér)handgun with revolving chambers
Catalan revòlver
- revòlverhandgun with revolving chambers
Chinese Mandarin 左輪手槍 /左轮手枪, 左輪 /左轮
- 左輪手槍 /左轮手枪 (zuǒlún shǒuqiāng)handgun with revolving chambers
- 左輪 /左轮 (zuǒlún)handgun with revolving chambers
Czech revolver
- revolverhandgun with revolving chambers
Dutch revolver
- revolverhandgun with revolving chambers
Esperanto revolvero
- revolverohandgun with revolving chambers
Estonian revolver
- revolverhandgun with revolving chambers
Finnish revolveri
- revolverihandgun with revolving chambers
French revolver
- revolverhandgun with revolving chambers
German Revolver, Drehpistole
- Revolverhandgun with revolving chambers
- Drehpistolehandgun with revolving chambers
- Trommelpistolehandgun with revolving chambers
Greek περίστροφο
- περίστροφο (perístrofo)handgun with revolving chambers
Hebrew אֶקְדָּח
- אֶקְדָּח (ekdakh)handgun with revolving chambers
Hungarian revolver
- revolverhandgun with revolving chambers
Icelandic marghleypt skammbyssa
- marghleypt skammbyssahandgun with revolving chambers
Indonesian repolper, pistol
- repolperhandgun with revolving chambers
- pistolhandgun with revolving chambers
Irish gunnán
- gunnánhandgun with revolving chambers
Italian rivoltella, revorbaro
- rivoltellahandgun with revolving chambers
- revorbarohandgun with revolving chambers
- revolverhandgun with revolving chambers
- pistola a tamburohandgun with revolving chambers
- pistola a rotazionehandgun with revolving chambers
- pistola a ripetizionehandgun with revolving chambers
- pistola a cilindrohandgun with revolving chambers
Japanese リボルバー
- リボルバー (riborubā)handgun with revolving chambers
Korean 리볼버
- 리볼버 (ribolbeo)handgun with revolving chambers
Latvian revolveris
- revolverishandgun with revolving chambers
Lithuanian revolveris
- revolverishandgun with revolving chambers
Malay revolver
- revolverhandgun with revolving chambers
Māori pū hurihuri
- pū hurihurihandgun with revolving chambers
Persian هفتتیر, رولور
- هفتتیر (haft-tir)handgun with revolving chambers
- رولور (revolver)handgun with revolving chambers
Polish rewolwer, bębenkowiec
- rewolwerhandgun with revolving chambers
- bębenkowiechandgun with revolving chambers
Portuguese revólver
- revólverhandgun with revolving chambers
Romanian revolver, револвер
- revolverhandgun with revolving chambers
- револвер (revolver)handgun with revolving chambers
Russian револьве́р, нага́н
- револьве́р (revolʹvér)handgun with revolving chambers
- нага́н (nagán)handgun with revolving chambers
Scottish Gaelic daga-cuairt
- daga-cuairthandgun with revolving chambers
Spanish revólver, mitigüeso
- revólverhandgun with revolving chambers
- mitigüesohandgun with revolving chambers
- mitihuesohandgun with revolving chambers
- mistihuesohandgun with revolving chambers
Swedish revolver
- revolverhandgun with revolving chambers
Tagalog rebolber
- rebolberhandgun with revolving chambers
Turkish altıpatlar
- altıpatlarhandgun with revolving chambers
Ukrainian револьве́р
- револьве́р (revolʹvér)handgun with revolving chambers
Urdu ریوالور
- ریوالور (rewalwor)handgun with revolving chambers
Yiddish רעוואָלווער, שפּײַער
- רעוואָלווער (revolver)handgun with revolving chambers
- שפּײַער (shpayer)handgun with revolving chambers
- נאַגאַן (nagan)handgun with revolving chambers
Zulu volovolo
- volovolohandgun with revolving chambers
Cite this entry
revolver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revolver
“revolver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revolver. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “revolver,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revolver.
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