Synonyms of truncheon

truncheon

noun

ˈtrən-chən 

as in cane

a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment

police officers kept their hands on their truncheons

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of truncheon

For the Civil Rights Movement, Alabama troopers lifting truncheons to beat marchers crossing Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge. — Susan Page, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025

Even the basic concept of free speech has become another truncheon in the nation’s ongoing battle between tribes. — Steven Greenhut, Orange County Register, 2 Mar. 2025

There were police with truncheons and tear gas outside the ground. — Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025

Later, after riot police used truncheons and tear gas to disperse the people, demonstrators set up tent camps with barricades, self-defense units, and banners with revolutionary slogans. — Hanna Arhirova, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023