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Synonyms for truncheon

Most common

night stick billy baton wand

All synonyms

Noun

1. Baton — A baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer

baton, billy club, night stick, staff, wand, billy, club, billystick

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer.

Related words

Word family
truncheoneer truncheoner
Other spellings
trudgeon

Forms

Plural
truncheons → batons, staffs, wands, billies…

Example sentences

  • billy Where is the evidence, Billy? We need the evidence!
  • baton The juggler tossed a flaming baton to his partner.
  • wand Tom bought his magic wand at a magic wand shop.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
truncheonrising
billysteady
batonrising
wandrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
club1, wand1
5 letters
staff1, billy2, baton2
10 letters
billystick

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (billy2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
matraque
Italiano
manganello
Español
porra
Deutsch
Schlagstock