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

This will be the eighth postseason series between the two Pennsylvania hockey clubs. —Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026

The resulting images contrasted sharply with those produced by the Peranakan enthusiasts who formed social clubs and salons to practice their craft. —H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 17 Apr. 2026

Bethany takes the explosive event as a sign to reunite with her old girlfriend Nel (Lena Góra), and carouse across lofts, clubs, and back alleys, leaving her erstwhile partner stranded. —Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 Apr. 2026

Torres toured comedy-theater clubs across the country to do his massaging. —Adam Moss, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026

In addition to before- and after-school programs, Pals offers two weekly Mastermind chess clubs for children ages 6-15. —Sara Hansen, Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2026

The Kendall County 4-H clubs will be offering make-and-take craft projects and activities as well. —Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026

And clubs that offer students the chance to learn how to fix an iPhone or cut hair or be a nail technician. —Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026

Jack LaLanne launched one of the country's first public health and fitness clubs in Oakland, California, in 1936, which offered weight training to both women and athletes, among others -- a revolutionary concept at the time, according to the Associated Press. —Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 17 Apr. 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