Synonyms of canes

canes 1 of 2

noun

plural of cane

as in batons

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

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

canes

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of cane

as in straps

Related Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of canes

Noun

Pruning In winter, when canes are done producing fruit for the season, prune the canes that bore fruit down to the base of the plant so new ones will grow in the spring. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2026

Sales of Cardinal’s consumer healthcare products, such as crutches, canes and its Leader brand of cough drops and other over-the-counter medications, are also reported here. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026

Creators document life as ambulatory wheelchair users, paint their forearm crutches, style canes as accessories and explain pacing to audiences in the millions. — Keely Cat-Wells, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

The two victims met every night from April 1-3 at Pinder’s apartment in Sweetwater, where they were quizzed about the fraternity’s history and beaten with paddles and canes for wrong answers, according to the affidavits. — Ana Claudia Chacin, Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2026

Others are blind or paraplegic, using wheelchairs, walkers or canes, like her. — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026

At the base, blueberry shrubs have multiple canes (or branches) that grow directly out of the earth in clumps. — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 28 July 2026

Protesters clashed briefly with police on the streets of New Delhi late Wednesday, with officers firing tear gas and wielding canes to push them back. — Reuters, NBC news, 23 July 2026

As a final tip, separate new canes and fruiting canes to make pruning easier for yourself down the road. — Melissa Epifano, The Spruce, 18 July 2026