Synonyms of rods

rods

noun

plural of rod

1

as in canes

a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment

arrested for using a rod on his dogs in violation of the state's animal cruelty laws

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in beams

a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide

a curtain rod

Synonyms & Similar Words

• beams
• bars
• boards
• sticks
• billets
• strips
• girders
• slabs
• bands
• ingots
• arbors
• crossbars
• crossbeams
• blooms

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rods

The Sicilian marionettes were giant puppets, each around four feet high and controlled from above not by strings but iron rods. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026

While the broader Columbia facility has operated since 1968 producing pellets, rods, and complete assemblies, mass production of LEU+ marks a technical shift. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026

The New England Aquarium research scientist cuts up frozen Atlantic menhaden, known locally as pogies, secures them to circle hooks attached to several fishing rods, and casts them into the shallow water. — Asia London Palomba, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2026

The researchers first used computer models to predict how elastic rods respond to different combinations of bending and twisting. — New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026

Concrete, when poured over rods of steel, proved strong enough to prop up colossal skyscrapers that Julius Caesar could only have dreamed of. — Sara Herschander, Vox, 15 Oct. 2026

Weighing around four pounds, the six by four foot penacho previously featured several sections of different colored feathers along with gold ornaments on a net held in place by slim wooden rods. — News Desk, Artforum, 12 Oct. 2026

Ties between the two countries remain strained over their long-running Himalayan border dispute, which erupted into a deadly skirmishes in 2020 that saw soldiers from both sides use rocks and iron rods in brutal hand-to-hand combat. — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026

His own label is known for its upbeat creations like the Kandinsky-esque Mobile chandelier that comes together in an abstract punctuation of pin-thin rods. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026