Synonyms of bats

bats 1 of 3

adjective

ˈbats 

as in psychotic

unable to think in a clear or sensible way

by film's end it's obvious that faded movie star Norma Desmond is completely bats

Synonyms & Similar Words

• psychotic
• mad
• insane
• nuts
• maniacal
• mental
• disturbed
• psycho
• crazy
• batty
• off
• demented
• crazed
• non compos mentis
• around the bend
• loco
• cracked
• queer
• crackers
• depressed
• out to lunch
• unbalanced
• ballistic
• unhinged
• deranged
• strange
• fey
• foolish
• certifiable
• nutty
• irrational
• unsound
• nuclear
• obsessed
• brainsick
• eccentric
• daft
• off one's gourd
• distracted
• off one's rocker
• bonkers
• off one's head
• wud
• aberrant
• haywire
• out of one's head
• touched
• loopy
• distraught
• disordered
• oddball
• unreasonable
• delirious
• berserk
• dotty
• ape
• odd
• potty
• bananas
• delusional
• delusionary
• frantic
• hysterical
• pixilated
• witless
• teched
• raving
• fixated
• monomaniac
• senseless
• frenzied
• monomaniacal
• amok
• wigged-out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sound
• balanced
• clear
• sane
• reasonable
• rational
• compos mentis
• normal
• lucid
• healthy
• judicious
• wise
• sensible
• uncrazy
• well-adjusted
• unneurotic

bats

2 of 3

noun

plural of bat

1

as in hits

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument

a sharp bat with a rolled-up newspaper and that fly was a goner

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hits
• blows
• punches
• thuds
• thumps
• swipes
• strokes
• pounds
• knocks
• whacks
• slaps
• licks
• pokes
• smacks
• spanks
• clips
• bangs
• beats
• pelts
• hooks
• socks
• lashes
• slugs
• stingers
• swats
• slams
• claps
• switches
• stripes
• clouts
• belts
• chops
• hands
• haymakers
• biffs
• boxes
• cuffs
• raps
• swings
• hacks
• thwacks
• bops
• welts
• knees
• buffets
• whams
• kicks
• bashes
• cracks
• picks
• smashes
• fillips
• dabs
• busts
• lickings
• whops
• wallops
• larrups
• plumps
• douses
• counters
• counterstrokes
• beatings
• counterblows
• right-handers
• sidewinders
• shivers
• rabbit punches
• body blows
• rights
• counterpunches
• roundhouses
• crunchers
• lefts
• uppercuts
• sucker punches
• whips
• batterings
• knockdowns
• KOs
• thrashings
• pastings
• bastinadoes
• knockouts
• kayos
• drubbings
• whippings
• wallopings
• one-twos

2

as in canes

a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment

riot policemen armed with bats and tear gas

Synonyms & Similar Words

• canes
• batons
• mallets
• clubs
• rods
• staffs
• bludgeons
• cudgels
• nightsticks
• hammers
• maces
• truncheons
• billy clubs
• shillelaghs
• bastinadoes
• billies
• waddies
• saps
• beetles
• rungs
• staves
• birches
• knobkerries
• hickories
• rattans
• blackjacks
• mauls
• sledgehammers
• switches
• gavels
• crooks
• crosiers
• walking sticks
• crabsticks
• whangees

bats

3 of 3

verb

present tense third-person singular of bat

1

as in knocks

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner

batted the lamp off the table with one strike

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hits
• knocks
• punches
• smacks
• slaps
• strikes
• bangs
• clips
• slams
• claps
• pounds
• whacks
• swipes
• boxes
• cracks
• nails
• hammers
• socks
• whales
• slugs
• clocks
• clouts
• thumps
• kicks
• bashes
• swats
• taps
• licks
• flicks
• tags
• bludgeons
• thwacks
• belts
• raps
• pokes
• smites
• bops
• jabs
• bobs
• zaps
• batters
• clobbers
• chops
• wallops
• biffs
• stabs
• pastes
• busts
• strokes
• shoves
• bonks
• pushes
• bumps
• slogs
• pelts
• mauls
• stamps
• peppers
• bunts
• hangs one on
• beats
• knees
• lashes
• cuffs
• butts
• drubs
• decks
• skulls
• clubs
• buffets
• pummels
• laces
• brains
• mangles
• roughs
• slashes
• scuffs
• pommels
• levels
• floors
• bowls (down or over)
• spears
• whips
• canes
• creams
• dumps
• prods
• beans
• jostles
• lambastes
• knocks down
• fells
• switches
• conks
• saps
• cudgels
• flails
• sledges
• bungs
• sledgehammers
• thrashes
• rabbit-punches
• sucker punches
• flogs

2

as in licks

to strike repeatedly

batted the piñata until it finally broke open

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licks
• batters
• lashes
• pounds
• hides
• pelts
• hits
• whips
• beats
• knocks
• attacks
• thumps
• clubs
• punches
• hammers
• whales
• assaults
• does
• smashes
• slaps
• mauls
• boxes
• paddles
• spanks
• slates
• slams
• raids
• bludgeons
• chops
• bashes
• belts
• switches
• works over
• punches out
• storms
• drubs
• tans
• buffets
• laces
• curries
• pummels
• wallops
• thrashes
• wounds
• threshes
• whacks
• smacks
• lathers
• swipes
• pommels
• flogs
• belabors
• socks
• birches
• tromps
• bastes
• fibs
• slogs
• lambastes
• cracks
• swats
• whups
• clouts
• roughs (up)
• bungs up
• beats up on
• whops
• messes (up)
• descends (on or upon)
• thwacks
• rushes
• cudgels
• canes
• lams
• leathers
• jumps (on)
• cuffs
• whams
• flagellates
• straps
• pastes
• clobbers
• scourges
• assails
• besets
• busts
• lays on
• pounces (on or upon)
• lacerates
• whomps
• gores
• mutilates
• horsewhips
• blackjacks
• maims
• pistol-whips
• cowhides
• rawhides
• mangles
• fustigates

3

as in roams

to move about from place to place aimlessly

on Sunday afternoons we'd pile into Father's car and bat around the countryside

Synonyms & Similar Words

• roams
• wanders
• cruises
• strolls
• drifts
• floats
• roves
• ranges
• knocks (about)
• meanders
• traipses
• rambles
• maunders
• gallivants
• mooches
• gads (about)
• saunters
• ambles
• mopes
• tramps
• vagabonds
• kicks around
• strays
• hobos
• mills (about or around)
• dawdles
• straggles

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bats

Noun

Reiter definitely got more at-bats tonight in her first show. — Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Sep. 2026

The Dodgers have a long history of developing unexpected October legends, whose dormant bats and forgettable defense suddenly round into championship form. — Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

Peralta has plenty of experience against the Phillies and has allowed just 28 hits in 124 at-bats. — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Garcia entered with one hit in 18 at-bats since returning from a left hamstring strain. — Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026

Chicago mustered only one hit in 18 at-bats with runners in scoring position. — Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026

Rabies is spread through bites and scratches from infected animals — most often bats, foxes, raccoons and skunks — and is almost always fatal once symptoms begin, though a four-to-five-shot vaccine given after exposure is nearly 100% effective. — The Sacramento Bee Staff, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Pete Crow-Armstrong had one of his worst offensive games of the year, finishing 0-for-5 with three strikeouts and had nine total runners on base for those at-bats. — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026

Christian Walker had two hits after entering the game hitless in his previous 23 at-bats. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

Verb

Duran started the year hitting third and now bats seventh or eighth, and his hold on everyday playing time might have been saved by Masataka Yoshida’s injury — at least until Roman Anthony’s return. — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

New York catcher Alyssa Zettlemoyer worked with Henley, as did Maggie Foxx, who bats fourth for the Los Angeles Queens. — Marisa Ingemi, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026

The 6-foot-2, 215-pound senior first baseman not only starts but also bats cleanup for the Wildcats, who have returned to the state semifinals. — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026

With the light nearly gone — the UMass Dartmouth field doesn’t have lights — Callahan silenced the Raiders bats one more time and this eventually led to the decision to pause the game. — Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026

Schmidt, who bats and throws left, led off the bottom of the seventh with a sharp single to right field. — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 27 May 2026

Inés has been raised in a world of strange ellipses, and hardly bats an eye when the hotel bartender goes quiet after someone mentions his missing brother, but Hanna (Maia Rae Domagala) is a different story. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 May 2026

Jordan Woolery, who bats behind her at third in the lineup, has 107 RBIs and was the Big Ten Player of the Year. — ABC News, 10 May 2026

Altuve bats fifth For the first time in his career, Altuve started a regular-season game batting in the fifth spot in the lineup. — Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2026