Synonyms of club

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noun

1

as in cane

a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment

hit the prisoner with a club if he tries anything funny

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in clubhouse

the meeting place of an organization

the Elks gather at their club every Monday evening

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clubhouse
• lodge
• house
• camp
• headquarters
• hideout
• den
• haunt
• hangout
• lair
• hideaway
• hall
• meetinghouse
• conventicle

3

as in organization

a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest

an alumni club

Synonyms & Similar Words

• organization
• association
• institution
• society
• institute
• fraternity
• chamber
• brotherhood
• board
• league
• council
• group
• consortium
• college
• guild
• commune
• community
• collective
• team
• chapter
• fellowship
• cadre
• congress
• partnership
• sodality
• gild
• squad
• coalition
• order
• alliance
• party
• circle
• camp
• clique
• clan
• cooperative
• crew
• membership
• bloc
• body
• coterie
• branch
• band
• sorority
• junta
• gang
• set
• confederacy
• outfit
• syndicate
• sisterhood
• fold
• faithful
• cartel
• local
• conspiracy
• lot
• klatch
• junto
• cabal
• klatsch
• ring
• combine
• camarilla
• camorra

4

as in nightclub

a bar or restaurant offering special nighttime entertainment (as music, dancing, or comedy acts)

a weekly newspaper column devoted to current happenings on the local club scene

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nightclub
• cabaret
• cafe
• café
• tavern
• disco
• pub
• bistro
• supper club
• roadhouse
• nightspot
• saloon
• niterie
• nitery
• discotheque
• boîte
• barroom
• speakeasy
• discothéque
• dive
• key club
• clip joint
• public house
• watering place
• watering hole
• a-go-go
• honky-tonk
• canteen

club

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verb

1

as in to cooperate

to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members

clubbed together to share their love of model rockets

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cooperate
• unite
• league
• collaborate
• merge
• confederate
• ally
• federate
• organize
• band (together)
• join
• pull together
• associate
• group
• close ranks
• consolidate
• coalesce
• cohere
• affiliate
• hang together
• converge
• gang up
• team (up)
• incorporate
• combine
• unionize
• conjoin
• link
• cabal
• amalgamate
• conglomerate
• tie
• knot
• wed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• split
• disband
• separate
• break up
• part
• divorce
• dissolve
• segregate
• sever
• detach
• disengage
• fall out
• alienate
• disunite
• sunder
• estrange

2

as in to lick

to strike repeatedly

frustrated, the gardener clubbed the inoffensive weed into submission

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Phrases Containing club

• billy club
• glee club
• health club
• supper club