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

Run clubs are also increasingly functioning as places for friendship and community rather than being centered only on exercise. — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026

Artists playing larger clubs nearby would stop in after their gigs. — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026

As attendance at churches and civic clubs declines, Americans are left feeling isolated. — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026

Sean McVay and Kyle Shanahan are considered two of the best offensive minds in the sport, and their respective NFC West clubs rewarded them with new deals in 2026 that are estimated to be a tick lower than the top trio at roughly $19 million a year. — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Unai Emery, who is the first head coach to win the Europa League with three clubs (Sevilla, Villarreal and Aston Villa), should campaign to have the trophy named after him. — Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Many have a model that is similar to open mic nights at clubs, with an opportunity for musicians to sign up for open slots in the programming. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026

The Union of European Football Associations holds an annual tournament that brings together the best domestic clubs from across Europe to compete in the UEFA Champions League. — Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026

Verb

That advantage was in large part offset by payments from UEFA’s ‘value pillar’, a mechanism which awards clubs money based upon their coefficient ranking (determined by past performance in European competition) and the size of their nation’s broadcast rights deal for the competition. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 30 May 2026

Their top-30 visits, where NFL clubs host prospects at their facilities to gather further intel, are often smokescreens. — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026

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