Baton synonyms

bə-tŏn', bă-, băt'n

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stick
(Golf) The long-range driving ability of a golf club.
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rod
A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.
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club (related)
Something resembling a club.
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wand (related)
(By extension) An instrument shaped like a stick or staff such as a curling wand.
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bend
(In the plural, medicine, diving, with the) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.
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billy
(UK, Australia) A billycan.
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bourdon
The lowest-pitched stop of an organ.
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cudgel
A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
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scepter
A staff held by a sovereign as an emblem of authority.
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sceptre
(Chiefly Brit.) scepter
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truncheon
Any staff or baton used as a symbol of authority
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bend-sinister (related)
(Heraldry) A diagonal band on a coat of arms going from top right to bottom left (as you look at it), held to indicate bastardy.
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nightstick
(Law enforcement) A long narrow pole-like club carried by police and security people, for use in self-defense. Often shortened to stick.
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billystick
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
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billy-club
A short stick or club, especially a police officer's club.
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crosier
A staff with a crook at the top, carried by or before a bishop or abbot as a symbol of pastoral function
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cross-staff
A surveyor's instrument for measuring offsets.
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crutch-stick
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paterissa
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the knife (related)
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gun (related)
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staff
(Music) The horizontal lines on and between which notes are written or printed: the placement of a note on the staff indicates its pitch
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Find another word for baton. In this page you can discover 23 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for baton, like: stick, rod, club, wand, bend, billy, bourdon, cudgel, scepter, sceptre and truncheon.
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Baton Sentence Examples

  • Brady straightened, the baton in hand.

  • Baton Rouge was one of the earliest French settlements in the state.

  • She rose and approached him, the baton behind her back.

  • Farragut from New Orleans, and the gunboat flotilla from the upper waters, had engaged the batteries in June and July, but had returned to their respective stations, while a Federal force under General Williams, which had appeared before the fortress, retired to Baton Rouge.

  • Lana raised the baton when she was within arm's reach and held it out.

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