Synonyms for cane

Synonyms for (noun) cane

Synonyms: cane

Definition: a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment

Similar words: switch

Definition: a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment


Synonyms: cane

Definition: a stick that people can lean on to help them walk

Similar words: walking stick

Definition: a stick carried in the hand for support in walking


Synonyms: cane

Definition: a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane

Similar words: stem, stalk

Definition: a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ


Synonyms for (verb) cane

Synonyms: lambast, lambaste, cane, flog

Definition: beat with a cane

Similar words: work over, beat, beat up

Definition: give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

Usage: Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night; The teacher used to beat the students


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