Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.
Source: tatoeba (20068)
Rod
/ɹɑd/
Synonyms for "rod" (167 found)
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Closest matches (34)
Strong matches (50)
Related words (83)
Noun(29 words)
Adjective(1 words)
straight piece
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More general
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
More specific
3 entriesCollocations
6 entriesInflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
52 translations across 22 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- бацил noun (microbiology: rod shaped microorganism)
- пръчка noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
Czech
1 entries- metla noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
Danish
4 entries- ris noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
- spanskrør noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
- stav noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
- stavbakterie noun (microbiology: rod shaped microorganism)
Dutch
2 entries- roe noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
- roede noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
Esperanto
1 entries- vergo noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
Ewe
1 entries- ati noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
Finnish
2 entries- sauvabakteeri noun (microbiology: rod shaped microorganism)
- vitsa noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
French
1 entries- verges noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
German
4 entries- Rute noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
- Stäbchenbakterie noun (microbiology: rod shaped microorganism)
- Stäbchenbakterien noun (microbiology: rod shaped microorganism)
- Stäbchenbakterium noun (microbiology: rod shaped microorganism)
Italian
2 entries- bacchetta noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
- verga noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
Japanese
3 entries- 杆菌 noun (microbiology: rod shaped microorganism)
- 桿菌 noun (microbiology: rod shaped microorganism)
- 鞭 noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
Latin
1 entries- virga noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
Latvian
1 entries- rīkste noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- pšut noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
Macedonian
3 entries- прачка noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
- стап noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
- стапче noun (microbiology: rod shaped microorganism)
Polish
3 entries- kij noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
- pałeczka noun (microbiology: rod shaped microorganism)
- rózga noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
Portuguese
2 entries- bacilo noun (microbiology: rod shaped microorganism)
- vara noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
Russian
3 entries- па́лочка noun (microbiology: rod shaped microorganism)
- прут noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
- ро́зга noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- bàtina noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
- prȗt noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
- ròzga noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
- štȃp noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
Spanish
1 entries- vara noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
Swedish
2 entries- ris noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
- spö noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
Turkish
1 entries- sopa noun (stick or bundle used for punishment)
Sample sentences
33 total sentences available.
Rod lives across the street from John.
Source: tatoeba (29348)
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Source: tatoeba (63463)
He was beaten with an iron rod during a violent soccer match.
Source: tatoeba (296346)
Showing 4 of 33 available sentences.