Synonyms of clubs

clubs 1 of 2

noun

plural of club

1

as in canes

a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment

hit the prisoner with a club if he tries anything funny

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in clubhouses

the meeting place of an organization

the Elks gather at their club every Monday evening

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clubhouses
• lodges
• houses
• camps
• headquarters
• hideouts
• dens
• haunts
• hangouts
• lairs
• hideaways
• halls
• conventicles
• meetinghouses

3

as in organizations

a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest

an alumni club

Synonyms & Similar Words

• organizations
• associations
• societies
• institutions
• institutes
• fraternities
• brotherhoods
• chambers
• groups
• leagues
• colleges
• councils
• boards
• guilds
• collectives
• communities
• communes
• teams
• fellowships
• chapters
• cadres
• consortia
• congresses
• sodalities
• partnerships
• coalitions
• alliances
• cooperatives
• parties
• squads
• circles
• orders
• camps
• cliques
• clans
• bodies
• blocs
• crews
• sororities
• locals
• branches
• outfits
• coteries
• memberships
• bands
• gangs
• syndicates
• sets
• cartels
• folds
• confederacies
• juntas
• sisterhoods
• klatches
• conspiracies
• lots
• cabals
• faithfuls
• rings
• juntos
• combines
• camarillas
• camorras

4

as in nightclubs

a bar or restaurant offering special nighttime entertainment (as music, dancing, or comedy acts)

a weekly newspaper column devoted to current happenings on the local club scene

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nightclubs
• cabarets
• cafés
• discos
• pubs
• taverns
• nightspots
• bistros
• saloons
• roadhouses
• supper clubs
• boîtes
• niteries
• discotheques
• barrooms
• speakeasies
• dives
• watering places
• honky-tonks
• clip joints
• key clubs
• public houses
• watering holes
• a-go-gos
• canteens

clubs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of club

1

as in cooperates

to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members

clubbed together to share their love of model rockets

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cooperates
• unites
• leagues
• allies
• collaborates
• federates
• groups
• merges
• bands (together)
• associates
• confederates
• organizes
• pulls together
• closes ranks
• coalesces
• coheres
• affiliates
• teams (up)
• conjoins
• joins
• consolidates
• hangs together
• links
• converges
• cabals
• gangs up
• incorporates
• amalgamates
• combines
• conglomerates
• unionizes
• ties
• knots
• weds

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• parts
• breaks up
• splits
• disbands
• divorces
• separates
• severs
• segregates
• dissolves
• disengages
• detaches
• falls out
• disunites
• alienates
• sunders
• estranges

2

as in licks

to strike repeatedly

frustrated, the gardener clubbed the inoffensive weed into submission

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licks
• pounds
• whips
• lashes
• beats
• bats
• batters
• hides
• hits
• pelts
• attacks
• assaults
• thumps
• raids
• does
• paddles
• buffets
• knocks
• punches
• slaps
• spanks
• belts
• hammers
• tans
• slates
• boxes
• bashes
• smashes
• chops
• slams
• mauls
• works over
• bludgeons
• whales
• switches
• laces
• curries
• wounds
• punches out
• drubs
• storms
• thrashes
• smacks
• lathers
• flogs
• whacks
• fibs
• swipes
• wallops
• threshes
• roughs (up)
• pummels
• lambastes
• birches
• beats up on
• bungs up
• socks
• pommels
• cracks
• messes (up)
• bastes
• whops
• descends (on or upon)
• slogs
• belabors
• tromps
• cudgels
• canes
• clouts
• straps
• leathers
• swats
• cuffs
• whups
• jumps (on)
• rushes
• flagellates
• pastes
• lams
• thwacks
• busts
• scourges
• besets
• lays on
• whams
• blackjacks
• assails
• clobbers
• pistol-whips
• horsewhips
• pounces (on or upon)
• whomps
• lacerates
• gores
• fustigates
• maims
• cowhides
• mutilates
• rawhides
• mangles

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of clubs

Noun

Morake alleged in his complaint that Jonasi has been performing this joke for the past eight years, continued to do so at comedy clubs after the clip went viral, and tried to monetize the bit with merch. —Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026

The ministry added that the Iranian football federation and clubs were required to notify the Asian Football Confederation so match venues could be relocated. —Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026

Manchester City was tops among EPL clubs for 2024-25 commercial revenue at $452 million. —Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 27 Mar. 2026

Major League Baseball’s balanced schedule returns for the fourth consecutive season, which means the Red Sox will again face each of the other 29 clubs in at least one three-game series and see very little of their AL East rivals. —Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2026

Wholesale clubs are retail stores that sell a wide variety of items, often in larger quantities or in bulk. —Ryley Amond, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2026

Manchester City This must feel like being between a rock and a hard place for Manchester United fans given their long-standing rivalries with both clubs. —Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2026

Verb

These are in addition to private members clubs The Wilde and Cipriani, among other highlights. —Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 16 Jan. 2026

Shane Stant clubs Kerrigan on the knee and flees the scene. —Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026