Synonyms for cane
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Stalk — A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof, The slender, flexible main stem of…
2. Walking stick — A rod-shaped tool or device, resembling the stem of the plant, A strong short staff used for support or…
3. Rod — the stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool, A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo…
4. Whipping — the stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool, Corporal punishment by beating with a cane
Other
stick, reed, molasses cane US, cudgel, white cane, baste, drub
Definitions
- n. 1
A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof: The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae.
- n. 2
The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool: A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.
- n. 3
The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool: Corporal punishment by beating with a cane.
The teacher gave his student the cane for throwing paper.
- n. 4
A rod-shaped tool or device, resembling the stem of the plant: A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick.
After breaking his leg, he needed a cane to walk.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- canes → stalks, stems, trunks, staffs…
Example sentences
- rod The dowser used a dowsing rod to search for water.
- whipping Tom could feel the air whipping his face as he ran.
- reed They took the reed and smote him on the head.
- cudgel The ogre brandished a crude cudgel.
By length
- 3 letters
- rod1
- 4 letters
- cuts1, stem1, reed1, drub1
- 5 letters
- staff1, stick1, trunk1, stalk1, baste1
- 6 letters
- switch1, cudgel2
- 8 letters
- whipping2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cudgel2 = 2 syllables).