Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gun_for_hire
1 sense of gun for hire
Sense 1
gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire, triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter -- (a professional killer who uses a gun)
=> murderer, liquidator, manslayer -- (a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being))