BAT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for BAT?

Need another word that means the same as “bat”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “bat” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Bat” are: at-bat, chiropteran, cricket bat, squash racket, squash racquet, truncheon, club, cudgel, bludgeon, stick, mace, flutter, clobber, cream, drub, lick, thrash

Bat as a Noun

Definitions of "Bat" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “bat” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A slab on which pottery is formed, dried, or fired.
• The club used in playing cricket.
• A club used for hitting a ball in various games.
• A small racket with a long handle used for playing squash.
• Each of a pair of objects resembling table tennis bats, used by a person on the ground to guide a taxiing aircraft.
• A turn at playing with a bat.
• An implement with a handle and a solid surface, typically of wood, used for hitting the ball in games such as cricket, baseball, and table tennis.
• Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
• A turn trying to get a hit.
• (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit.
• A person batting, especially in cricket; a batsman.

Synonyms of "Bat" as a noun (11 Words)

at-bat	A turn trying to get a hit.
bludgeon	A club used as a weapon. Maces and spiked bludgeons.
chiropteran	Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
club	A building that is occupied by a social club. He joined a golf club.
cricket bat	A game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs.
cudgel	A short, thick stick used as a weapon.
mace	An official who carries a mace of office.
squash racket	A game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets.
squash racquet	A game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets.
stick	In field hockey the foul play of raising the stick above the shoulder. He collected dry sticks for a campfire.
truncheon	A staff or baton acting as a symbol of authority, especially that used by the Earl Marshal.

Usage Examples of "Bat" as a noun

• A cricket bat.
• He was at bat when it happened.
• He got four hits in four at-bats.
• The team's opening bat.
• A cricket bat has a narrow handle and a broad flat end for hitting.

Bat as a Verb

Definitions of "Bat" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “bat” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Hit at (someone or something) with the flat of one's hand.
• Have a turn at bat.
• Wink briefly.
• Use a bat.
• Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight.
• Strike with, or as if with a baseball bat.
• (of a sports team or player) take the role of hitting rather than throwing the ball.

Synonyms of "Bat" as a verb (6 Words)

clobber	Strike violently and repeatedly. If he does that I ll clobber him.
cream	Put on cream as on one s face or body. Madge was creaming her face in front of the mirror.
drub	Hit or beat (someone) repeatedly. He was drubbed with tiresome regularity by his classmates.
flutter	Beat rapidly. Mavis fluttered about nervously.
lick	Pass the tongue over. The flames licked around the wood.
thrash	Give a thrashing to beat hard. I thrashed Pete at cards.

Usage Examples of "Bat" as a verb

• Bat the ball.
• He batted the flies away.
• Australia reached 263 for 4 after choosing to bat.
• Jones bats first, followed by Martinez.
• Bat one's eyelids.
• Who's batting?

Associations of "Bat" (30 Words)

badminton	A game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net.
baseball	A ball used in playing baseball. He played baseball in high school.
beat	Beat through cleverness and wit. Her heart was beating fast.
belabor	To work at or to absurd length. She was belabored by her fellow students.
bowler	A player who rolls balls down an alley at pins.
clawed	(of predatory animals) armed with claws or talons. Scaly creatures with beaks and clawed feet.
cricket	Used in names of insects of related families e g bush cricket mole cricket.
dextrous	Skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands.
fingernail	The nail at the end of a finger.
flail	A device similar to a flail used as a weapon or for flogging. The modern practice of flailing hedges every year with mechanical cutters.
game	Games the score at a particular point or the score needed to win. Buy your games and software from us.
hand	A prehensile organ resembling the hand and forming the end part of a limb of various mammals such as that on all four limbs of a monkey. They played a hand of whist.
hockey	A team game played between two teams of eleven players each using hooked sticks with which the players try to drive a small hard ball towards goals at opposite ends of a field In North America it is called field hockey to distinguish it from ice hockey.
inning	One of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat.
lambaste	Censure severely or angrily.
lick	An act of licking something with the tongue. She stands tall and could lick any man in the place.
onslaught	An overwhelmingly large number of people or things. In some parks the onslaught of cars and people far exceeds capacity.
paw	Of an animal feel or scrape with a paw or hoof. The man tried to paw her.
percussion	The act of playing a percussion instrument. Percussion instruments.
player	An actor. He was a major player in setting up the corporation.
pushing	The act of applying force in order to move something away. The pushing is good exercise.
quilted	Made of layers of fabric held together by patterned stitching. A blue quilted jacket.
slam	Dance the slam dance. They will provide compensation in cases where it can be shown that the customer had been slammed.
slap	A sound made or as if made by a slap. The impatient teacher slapped the student.
soccer	A football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents’ goal.
thrash	A violent or noisy movement of beating or thrashing. The thrash of the waves.
throw	An act of throwing one s opponent in wrestling judo or a similar sport. This decision represents something of a final throw.
toss	The action of tossing a coin as a method of deciding which team has the right to make a particular decision at the beginning of a game. Toss me newspaper.
whip	Strike as if by whipping. He whipped round to face them.