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

Light trimming, staking and tying Damaged canes make roses more susceptible to disease. — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026

For sighted individuals, the exhibits help provide context to the experiences of others, like an area with canes used by the blind on different types of flooring. — Caroline Eubanks, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2026

Questions that have been proposed for removal deal with memory, fatigue, arthritis, difficulty walking and climbing stairs, as well as others about the use of hearing aids, canes, wheelchairs and scooters. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 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

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