Meanings
nounsniper rifle (plural sniper rifles)
plural sniper rifles
- A long-range rifle, usually equipped with a telescopic sight and often a night vision device.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan extremely powerful rifle developed for the military; capable of destroying light armored vehicles and aircraft more than a mile away
Similar
precision rifle
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic قَنَّاصَة
- قَنَّاصَة (qannāṣa)long-range rifle
Catalan fusell de franctirador
- fusell de franctiradorlong-range rifle
Chinese Mandarin 狙击步枪, 狙擊步槍 /狙击步枪
- 狙击步枪 (jūjībùqiāng)long-range rifle
- 狙擊步槍 /狙击步枪 (jūjībùqiāng)long-range rifle
- 狙击枪 (jūjīqiāng)long-range rifle
- 狙擊槍 /狙击枪 (jūjīqiāng)long-range rifle
Dutch scherpschuttersgeweer, snipergeweer
- scherpschuttersgeweerlong-range rifle
- snipergeweerlong-range rifle
Finnish tarkkuuskivääri
- tarkkuuskiväärilong-range rifle
French fusil à lunette, fusil de précision
- fusil à lunettelong-range rifle
- fusil de précisionlong-range rifle
German Scharfschützengewehr
- Scharfschützengewehrlong-range rifle
Hungarian mesterlövészpuska
- mesterlövészpuskalong-range rifle
Indonesian senapan runduk
- senapan runduklong-range rifle
Italian fucile da cecchino, fucile di precisione
- fucile da cecchinolong-range rifle
- fucile di precisionelong-range rifle
Japanese 狙撃銃
- 狙撃銃 (sogekijū)long-range rifle
Korean 저격소총
- 저격소총 (jeogyeoksochong)long-range rifle
Polish karabin wyborowy
- karabin wyborowylong-range rifle
Portuguese fuzil de precisão
- fuzil de precisãolong-range rifle
Romanian armă cu lunetă
- armă cu lunetălong-range rifle
Russian сна́йперская винто́вка
- сна́йперская винто́вка (snájperskaja vintóvka)long-range rifle
Slovak odstreľovacia puška
- odstreľovacia puškalong-range rifle
Spanish rifle de francotirador, fusil de francotirador
- rifle de francotiradorlong-range rifle
- fusil de francotiradorlong-range rifle
Swedish prickskyttegevär
- prickskyttegevärlong-range rifle
Turkish keskin nişancı tüfeği
- keskin nişancı tüfeğilong-range rifle
Ukrainian снайперська гвинтівка
- снайперська гвинтівка (snajpersʹka hvyntivka)long-range rifle
Cite this entry
APA
sniper rifle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sniper%20rifle
MLA
“sniper rifle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sniper%20rifle. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sniper rifle,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sniper%20rifle.
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