paddles

The word “paddles” has 2 syllables: pad-dles

It's pronounced as /ˈpædəlz/


What is synonym and antonym for paddles?

In the thesaurus, “paddles” has 106 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for paddles along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for paddles

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

Meanings of paddles

  • noun
    1. A two-handed, single-bladed oar used to propel a canoe or a small boat.
    2. A double-bladed oar used for kayaking.
    3. Time spent on paddling.
    4. A slat of a paddleboat's wheel.
    5. A paddlewheel.
    6. A blade of a waterwheel.
    7. A game controller with a round wheel used to control player movement along one axis of the video screen.
    8. A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside.
    9. A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc.
    10. A bat-shaped spanking implement.
    11. A ping-pong bat.
    12. A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming.
    13. In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water.
    14. A group of inerts.
    15. A handheld defibrillation/cardioversion electrode.
    16. Hand.
    17. Padel (sport).
  • verb
    1. To propel something through water with a paddle, oar, hands, etc.
    2. To row a boat with less than one's full capacity.
    3. To spank with a paddle.
    4. To pat or stroke amorously or gently.
    5. To tread upon; to trample.
    6. To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside.
    7. To toddle.
    8. To toy or caress using hands or fingers.

Example Sentences

  • The rhythmic sound of paddles echoed across the tranquil lake at dawn.
  • Excitement filled the air as the rowing team synchronized their paddles for the upcoming race.
  • In the quiet marsh, the only noise was the gentle dip of paddles in the water.
  • As the sun set, the silhouette of canoes with flashing paddles painted a serene picture on the horizon.
  • Visitors to the island explored its hidden caves, relying on sturdy paddles to navigate the crystal-clear waters.

On this page you'll find 106 synonyms or another words to paddles, such as: assails, assaults, attacks, bashes, bastes, bats, batters.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

canes

  • assails
  • assaults
  • attacks
  • bashes
  • bastes
  • bastinades
  • bastinadoes
  • batons
  • bats
  • batters
  • beats
  • beetles
  • belabors
  • belts
  • besets
  • billies
  • billy clubs
  • birches
  • blackjacks
  • bludgeons
  • boxes
  • buffets
  • bungs up
  • busts
  • chops
  • clobbers
  • clouts
  • clubs
  • cowhides
  • crabsticks
  • cracks
  • crooks
  • crosiers
  • croziers
  • cudgels
  • cuffs
  • curries
  • does
  • drubs
  • fibs
  • flagellates
  • flogs
  • fustigates
  • gavels
  • gores
  • hammers
  • hickories
  • hides
  • hits
  • horsewhips
  • knobkerries
  • knocks
  • lacerates
  • laces
  • lambastes
  • lambasts
  • lams
  • lashes
  • lathers
  • lays on
  • leathers
  • licks
  • maces
  • maims
  • mallets
  • mangles
  • mauls
  • mutilates
  • nightsticks
  • paddles
  • pastes
  • pelts
  • pistol-whips
  • pommels
  • pounds
  • pummels
  • punches
  • punches out
  • raids
  • rattans
  • rawhides
  • rods
  • rungs
  • rushes
  • saps
  • scourges
  • shillalahs
  • shillelaghs
  • slams
  • slaps
  • slates
  • sledgehammers
  • slogs
  • smacks
  • smashes
  • socks
  • spanks
  • staffs
  • staves
  • storms
  • straps
  • swats
  • swipes
  • switches
  • tans
  • thrashes
  • threshes
  • thumps
  • thwacks
  • tromps
  • truncheons
  • waddies
  • walking sticks
  • wallops
  • whacks
  • whales
  • whams
  • whangees
  • whaps
  • whips
  • whomps
  • whops
  • whups
  • works over
  • wounds

hammers

  • abates
  • abuses
  • admonishes
  • assails
  • assaults
  • attacks
  • bad-mouths
  • bangs
  • bashes
  • bastes
  • bastinades
  • bastinadoes
  • batons
  • bats
  • batters
  • bawls out
  • beans
  • beats
  • beats up on
  • beetles
  • belabors
  • belittles
  • belts
  • berates
  • besets
  • biffs
  • billies
  • billy clubs
  • birches
  • blackjacks
  • blames
  • blasts
  • bludgeons
  • boasts
  • bobs
  • bonks
  • bops
  • boxes
  • brains
  • buffets
  • bumps
  • bungs
  • bungs up
  • bunts
  • busts
  • butts
  • calls down
  • canes
  • carves
  • castigates
  • censures
  • chases
  • chastises
  • chews out
  • chides
  • chisels
  • chops
  • claps
  • clips
  • clobbers
  • clocks
  • clouts
  • clubs
  • coins
  • condemns
  • conks
  • cowhides
  • crabsticks
  • cracks
  • creams
  • criticizes
  • crooks
  • crosiers
  • croziers
  • crucifies
  • cudgels
  • cuffs
  • curries
  • cuts
  • decks
  • denounces
  • disparages
  • disses
  • does
  • draws
  • dresses down
  • drubs
  • dumps
  • excoriates
  • fashions
  • faults
  • fells
  • fibs
  • flagellates
  • flails
  • flays
  • flicks
  • flogs
  • floors
  • forges
  • forms
  • fustigates
  • gavels
  • gores
  • graves
  • hangs one on
  • harangues
  • hews
  • hickories
  • hides
  • hits
  • horsewhips
  • jabs
  • jaws
  • jostles
  • keelhauls
  • kicks
  • knaps
  • kneads
  • knees
  • knobkerries
  • knocks
  • knocks down
  • lacerates
  • laces
  • lambastes
  • lambasts
  • lams
  • lashes
  • lathers
  • lays into
  • lays on
  • leathers
  • lectures
  • levels
  • licks
  • maces
  • maims
  • mallets
  • mangles
  • mauls
  • mints
  • mocks
  • models
  • molds
  • mutilates
  • nails
  • nightsticks
  • paddles
  • pans
  • pastes
  • pats
  • pelts
  • peppers
  • pistol-whips
  • planishes
  • pokes
  • pommels
  • pounds
  • prods
  • pummels
  • punches
  • punches out
  • pushes
  • puts down
  • rabbit-punches
  • rags
  • raids
  • raps
  • rates
  • rattans
  • rawhides
  • rebukes
  • reprehends
  • reprimands
  • reproaches
  • reproves
  • reviles
  • ridicules
  • rods
  • roughs
  • rungs
  • rushes
  • saps
  • scoffs
  • scolds
  • scores
  • scorns
  • scourges
  • scuffs
  • sculpts
  • sculptures
  • shillalahs
  • shillelaghs
  • shoves
  • skulls
  • slams
  • slaps
  • slashes
  • slates
  • sledgehammers
  • sledges
  • slogs
  • slugs
  • smacks
  • smashes
  • smites
  • socks
  • spanks
  • spears
  • stabs
  • staffs
  • stamps
  • staves
  • storms
  • straps
  • strikes
  • strokes
  • sucker punches
  • swats
  • swipes
  • switches
  • tags
  • takes to task
  • tans
  • taps
  • thrashes
  • threshes
  • thumps
  • thwacks
  • tongue-lashes
  • tromps
  • truncheons
  • upbraids
  • vituperates
  • waddies
  • walking sticks
  • wallops
  • whacks
  • whales
  • whams
  • whangees
  • whaps
  • whips
  • whomps
  • whops
  • whups
  • works
  • works over
  • wounds
  • zaps

kayaks

laces

  • adulterates
  • alternates
  • amalgamates
  • aromatizes
  • assails
  • assaults
  • assimilates
  • attacks
  • attenuates
  • bashes
  • bastes
  • bats
  • batters
  • beats
  • beats up on
  • befouls
  • belabors
  • belts
  • besets
  • birches
  • blackjacks
  • blends
  • bludgeons
  • boxes
  • braidings
  • braids
  • buffets
  • bungee cords
  • bungees
  • bungs up
  • busts
  • cables
  • canes
  • cheapens
  • chops
  • clobbers
  • clouts
  • clubs
  • combines
  • commingles
  • contaminates
  • cords
  • cornrows
  • corrupts
  • counterfeits
  • cowhides
  • cracks
  • cudgels
  • cuffs
  • curries
  • cuts
  • debases
  • defiles
  • degrades
  • dilutes
  • dirties
  • doctors
  • does
  • dreadlocks
  • drubs
  • embodies
  • enhances
  • enlaces
  • enriches
  • entwines
  • envenoms
  • extends
  • fakes
  • falsifies
  • fibs
  • flagellates
  • flavors
  • flogs
  • fouls
  • fudges
  • fuses
  • fustigates
  • gores
  • guys
  • halyards
  • hammers
  • hides
  • hits
  • horsewhips
  • implicates
  • incorporates
  • infects
  • inserts
  • integrates
  • interlaces
  • intermingles
  • intersperses
  • intertwines
  • intertwists
  • interweaves
  • inweaves
  • joins
  • juxtaposes
  • knocks
  • lacerates
  • lacings
  • lambastes
  • lambasts
  • lams
  • lanyards
  • lashes
  • lathers
  • lays on
  • leathers
  • licks
  • lines
  • links
  • loads
  • maims
  • mangles
  • manipulates
  • mauls
  • merges
  • mingles
  • misrepresents
  • mixes
  • moderates
  • mutilates
  • paddles
  • pastes
  • pelts
  • peppers
  • perfumes
  • pigtails
  • pistol-whips
  • plaits
  • plats
  • pleaches
  • plies
  • poisons
  • pollutes
  • pommels
  • pounds
  • pummels
  • punches
  • punches out
  • qualifies
  • queues
  • raids
  • rawhides
  • rickracks
  • ricracs
  • ropes
  • rushes
  • salts
  • sauces
  • savors
  • savours
  • scourges
  • seasons
  • slams
  • slaps
  • slates
  • slogs
  • smacks
  • smashes
  • socks
  • soils
  • sophisticates
  • spanks
  • spices
  • spikes
  • spoils
  • stays
  • storms
  • straps
  • strings
  • stripes
  • sullies
  • swats
  • swipes
  • switches
  • taints
  • tans
  • tempers
  • thins
  • thrashes
  • threads
  • threshes
  • thumps
  • thwacks
  • tromps
  • twists
  • wallops
  • waters down
  • weakens
  • weaves
  • whacks
  • whales
  • whams
  • whaps
  • whipcords
  • whips
  • whomps
  • whops
  • whups
  • wires
  • works over
  • wounds
  • wreathes
  • writhes

lambastes

  • abuses
  • admonishes
  • affronts
  • asperses
  • assails
  • assaults
  • attacks
  • bad-mouths
  • bashes
  • bastes
  • bats
  • batters
  • bawls out
  • beats
  • beats up on
  • belabors
  • belittles
  • belts
  • berates
  • besets
  • birches
  • blackguards
  • blackjacks
  • blames
  • blasphemes
  • blasts
  • bludgeons
  • boxes
  • buffets
  • bungs up
  • busts
  • calls down
  • canes
  • castigates
  • censures
  • chastises
  • chews out
  • chides
  • chops
  • clobbers
  • clouts
  • clubs
  • condemns
  • cowhides
  • cracks
  • criticizes
  • crucifies
  • cudgels
  • cuffs
  • curries
  • curses
  • denounces
  • disparages
  • disses
  • does
  • dresses down
  • drubs
  • excoriates
  • execrates
  • faults
  • fibs
  • flagellates
  • flays
  • flogs
  • fulminates
  • fustigates
  • gores
  • hammers
  • harangues
  • harasses
  • harries
  • hides
  • hits
  • horsewhips
  • imprecates
  • insults
  • jaws
  • keelhauls
  • knocks
  • lacerates
  • laces
  • lams
  • lashes
  • lathers
  • lays into
  • lays on
  • leathers
  • lectures
  • libels
  • licks
  • lights into
  • maims
  • mangles
  • mauls
  • mocks
  • mutilates
  • paddles
  • pans
  • pastes
  • pelts
  • pistol-whips
  • pommels
  • potshots
  • pounds
  • profanes
  • pummels
  • punches
  • punches out
  • puts down
  • rags
  • raids
  • rates
  • rawhides
  • rebukes
  • reprehends
  • reprimands
  • reproaches
  • reproves
  • reviles
  • ridicules
  • rushes
  • sails into
  • savages
  • scathes
  • scoffs
  • scolds
  • scores
  • scorns
  • scourges
  • slams
  • slanders
  • slaps
  • slates
  • slogs
  • slurs
  • smacks
  • smashes
  • socks
  • spanks
  • storms
  • straps
  • swats
  • swipes
  • switches
  • takes to task
  • tans
  • thrashes
  • threshes
  • thumps
  • thwacks
  • ties into
  • tongue-lashes
  • traduces
  • trashes
  • tromps
  • upbraids
  • vilifies
  • vituperates
  • wallops
  • whacks
  • whales
  • whams
  • whaps
  • whips
  • whomps
  • whops
  • whups
  • works over
  • wounds

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