Synonyms of clubs

clubs 1 of 2

noun

plural of club

1

as in canes

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

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

2

as in clubhouses

the meeting place of an organization

the Elks gather at their club every Monday evening

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clubhouses
• lodges
• houses
• camps
• headquarters
• hideouts
• dens
• haunts
• hangouts
• lairs
• hideaways
• halls
• conventicles
• meetinghouses

3

as in organizations

a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest

an alumni club

Synonyms & Similar Words

• organizations
• associations
• societies
• institutions
• institutes
• fraternities
• brotherhoods
• chambers
• groups
• leagues
• colleges
• councils
• boards
• guilds
• collectives
• communities
• communes
• teams
• fellowships
• chapters
• cadres
• consortia
• congresses
• sodalities
• partnerships
• coalitions
• alliances
• cooperatives
• parties
• squads
• circles
• orders
• camps
• cliques
• clans
• bodies
• blocs
• crews
• sororities
• locals
• branches
• outfits
• coteries
• memberships
• bands
• gangs
• syndicates
• sets
• cartels
• folds
• confederacies
• juntas
• sisterhoods
• klatches
• conspiracies
• lots
• cabals
• faithfuls
• rings
• juntos
• combines
• camarillas
• camorras

4

as in nightclubs

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

• nightclubs
• cabarets
• cafés
• discos
• pubs
• taverns
• nightspots
• bistros
• saloons
• roadhouses
• supper clubs
• boîtes
• niteries
• discotheques
• barrooms
• speakeasies
• dives
• watering places
• honky-tonks
• clip joints
• key clubs
• public houses
• watering holes
• a-go-gos
• canteens

clubs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of club

1

as in cooperates

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

• cooperates
• unites
• leagues
• allies
• collaborates
• federates
• groups
• merges
• bands (together)
• associates
• confederates
• organizes
• pulls together
• closes ranks
• coalesces
• coheres
• affiliates
• teams (up)
• conjoins
• joins
• consolidates
• hangs together
• links
• converges
• cabals
• gangs up
• incorporates
• amalgamates
• combines
• conglomerates
• unionizes
• ties
• knots
• weds

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• parts
• breaks up
• splits
• disbands
• divorces
• separates
• severs
• segregates
• dissolves
• disengages
• detaches
• falls out
• disunites
• alienates
• sunders
• estranges

2

as in licks

to strike repeatedly

frustrated, the gardener clubbed the inoffensive weed into submission

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of clubs

Noun

No European football for only the second time since English clubs were allowed back into UEFA competitions in 1990 means far fewer games. —Andy Mitten, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026

Garber, who has been commissioner since 1999 and overseen the growth of the league from 10 to 30 clubs, was bullish about the prospects of more A-list players taking their talents to MLS when speaking to CNN Sports on Thursday. —Don Riddell, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026

That includes on-campus student clubs. —Cate Charron, IndyStar, 20 Feb. 2026

The Arena Nationals are for clubs that curl on hockey ice. —Mark Billingsley, Sacbee.com, 20 Feb. 2026

Equinox currently has 115 fitness clubs and has plans for 40 more — including locations in Nashville, Tennessee; Toronto; Charlotte, North Carolina; and South Florida. —Robert Frank, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026

Brady also took in an AC Milan match Wednesday, and he was pictured with longtime soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who during his career played for both of the city's storied soccer clubs, AC Milan and Inter. —Sean Nevin, NBC news, 19 Feb. 2026

Royal Caribbean is outperforming its peers in one of the hottest sectors of the tourism industry, Liberty said, in part because of its focus on upmarket cruise experiences on mega ships and private island clubs like CocoCay in the Bahamas and Haiti’s Labadee. —Diane Brady, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2026

In those clubs, counselors host weekly workshops for children on topics like bullying, sportsmanship and confidence building. —Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026

Verb

These are in addition to private members clubs The Wilde and Cipriani, among other highlights. —Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 16 Jan. 2026

Shane Stant clubs Kerrigan on the knee and flees the scene. —Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026