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

Victim 2, who is a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue employee according to the New York Times, was repeatedly struck with canes and paddles and bled through his underwear and pants because of lacerations to his buttocks, according to the warrant. — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 29 July 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

Start by directing growth straight up the vertical supports until canes reach the top, then use horizontal training to guide stems laterally across the beams. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 July 2026