Synonyms for baton
bəˈtɒn, bæ-, ˈbæt nba·ton

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1. baton, wandnoun

   a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir

   Synonyms:
   verge, truncheon, billy, scepter, wand, billy club, billystick, sceptre, nightstick

2. truncheon, nightstick, baton, billy, billystick, billy clubnoun

   a short stout club used primarily by policemen

   Synonyms:
   truncheon, billy, he-goat, wand, billy club, billystick, billy goat, nightstick

3. batonnoun

   a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority

   Synonyms:
   wand, billystick, nightstick, billy club, billy, truncheon

4. batonnoun

   a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette

   Synonyms:
   wand, billystick, nightstick, billy club, billy, truncheon

5. batonnoun

   a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race

   Synonyms:
   wand, billystick, nightstick, billy club, billy, truncheon

Matched Categories

1. • Club
   • Rod
   • Sports Implement
   • Staff

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. batonnoun

   Synonyms:
   staff, wand, sceptre, truncheon

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1. List of paraphrases for "baton":

   truncheon, stick, paton, witness, torch, wand, relay

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1. Vappala Balachandran:

   First baton charge, then tear gas and when everything fails, firing. The constables have to squat on the ground placing one knee on the floor, take aim on the legs to incapacitate the rioters and fire.

2. Rachel Dolezal:

   It is with complete allegiance to the cause of racial and social justice and the NAACP that I step aside from the Presidency and pass the baton to my Vice President, Naima Quarles-Burnley.

3. Tom Jackson:

   However, the general social acceptance of hate and violence toward any and all law enforcement recently has created such an unpredictable and uncontrollable threat to our lives, many feel it is not a good career to be involved in. Statistics show the number of police officers feloniously killed in the line of duty had been on a downward trajectory since 1970. This year, cop deaths are up more than 50 percent, and the victims in Dallas, Baton Rouge and other cases were targeted for assassination rather than killed in the process of confronting dangerous criminals. According to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, the number of officers fatally shot is already up 56 percent compared with last year. One person who is all too familiar with race-related riots and police problems is Tom Jackson, former police chief in Ferguson, Mo. The shooting of cops is going to hurt recruitment badly, how can you convince people to come to the profession, or stay in the profession, when hundreds of people are in front of them threatening to rape their grandkids ? Now officers' spouses and children are seeing cops going down and they are begging their loved ones to get out of the force or not sign up as planned, added Tom Jackson, who retired in March, 2015. According to Tom Jackson, Tom Jackson former department is still rocked by the heavy riots and remains 17 officers short – dropping from a full strength of 55 in Tom Jackson time to 38 now.

4. Tom Smith:

   Whether it is a Taser, pepper spray, baton... there's been this gap created by the courts requiring that a higher level of force be used at the appropriate time, this tool fits perfectly into that gap giving the officers another option to use before having to use that high level of force to end that conversation very early, very safely.

5. Leann Westman:

   It makes me angry that five women in Baton Rouge did what the government couldn’t do, and we're feeding babies in our area.