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

Are big brands and competitive matches enough to sustain the league, if clubs can’t afford to splash for the world’s biggest talents? — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2026

That includes everything from Bowie knives and certain types of clubs to the notorious Tommy gun of the 1920s. — Robert Spitzer, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026

Wild card games started with the expansion of the playoffs from eight to 10 teams in 2012 and became best-of-three Wild Card Series when the postseason increased to 12 clubs in 2022. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026

Two of my favorite clubs to play at are City Padel in the Los Balsos neighborhood and Puro Padel in the neighboring city of Envigado. — Nikkita Nair, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026

Audiobook walking clubs require no such advance planning—or the social pressure of sitting around in a circle. — Angela Haupt, Time, 7 Oct. 2026

At Rite Touch Distribution, trucks are normally getting loaded with games to go out to businesses and clubs. — CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

The dynamic between them essentially embodies the traditional animosity between the clubs. — Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026

Verb

That advantage was in large part offset by payments from UEFA’s ‘value pillar’, a mechanism which awards clubs money based upon their coefficient ranking (determined by past performance in European competition) and the size of their nation’s broadcast rights deal for the competition. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 30 May 2026

Their top-30 visits, where NFL clubs host prospects at their facilities to gather further intel, are often smokescreens. — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026

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