Synonyms of cane

cane 1 of 2

noun

as in baton

a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment

in those days corporal punishment was common, and the cane was regarded as another one of the schoolmaster's educational tools

Synonyms & Similar Words

• baton
• mace
• mallet
• bat
• nightstick
• truncheon
• shillelagh
• rod
• cudgel
• bastinado
• billy
• bludgeon
• waddy
• hammer
• staff
• rattan
• club
• birch
• billy club
• hickory
• sap
• beetle
• bastinade
• rung
• shillalah
• knobkerrie
• maul
• blackjack
• sledgehammer
• gavel
• stave
• crosier
• crook
• switch
• crozier
• crabstick
• walking stick
• whangee

cane

2 of 2

verb

as in to leather

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leather
• strap
• cowhide
• horsewhip
• cudgel
• blackjack
• scourge
• rawhide
• flagellate
• spank
• punch
• box
• chop
• smack
• cuff
• knock
• sock
• thwack
• clout
• hit
• whack
• slap
• swat
• lam
• pistol-whip
• paste
• assault
• lay on
• attack
• swipe
• storm
• birch
• fustigate
• paddle
• smash
• whip
• wound
• raid
• wham
• slam
• clobber
• crack
• belt
• bat
• bludgeon
• tan
• gore
• lash
• lacerate
• rush
• bust
• hammer
• batter
• maul
• slate
• assail
• lace
• pommel
• descend (on or upon)
• beset
• curry
• club
• lick
• punch out
• whomp
• pelt
• thresh
• pummel
• pounce (on or upon)
• pound
• thump
• work over
• buffet
• wallop
• jump (on)
• whale
• hide
• switch
• lather
• flog
• whop
• bash
• fib
• whap
• thrash
• mutilate
• mangle
• whup
• bung up
• maim
• slog
• baste
• beat
• drub
• belabor
• do
• tromp
• rough (up)
• lambaste
• lambast
• mess (up)