Synonyms of row

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noun (1)

ˈrō 

1

as in rank

a series of people or things arranged side by side

stood in a row to have their picture taken

three rows of eight jelly beans equals 24 jelly beans

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rank
• bank
• column
• string
• file
• queue
• procession
• chain
• line
• sequence
• tier
• train
• cue
• range
• array
• echelon
• concatenation

2

as in street

a passage cleared for public vehicular travel

drive up Market Row and turn left

Synonyms & Similar Words

• street
• road
• thoroughfare
• highway
• route
• freeway
• boulevard
• roadway
• expressway
• carriageway
• way
• turnpike
• artery
• drive
• arterial
• avenue
• lane
• causeway
• high road
• pass
• pike
• interstate
• drag
• thruway
• trace
• motorway
• parkway
• corridor
• alley
• Main Street
• side street
• side road
• bypass
• dual carriageway
• through street
• trail
• high street
• ring road
• switchback
• alleyway
• circle
• secondary road
• track
• branch
• autobahn
• place
• dead end
• close
• bystreet
• superhighway
• crossroad
• mews
• corniche
• beltway
• shunpike
• laneway
• autoroute
• backstreet
• byway
• cul-de-sac
• autostrada

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noun (2)

ˈrau̇ 

1

as in brawl

a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people

a county fair that had a long history of bloody rows

Synonyms & Similar Words

• brawl
• clash
• melee
• altercation
• mêlée
• ruction
• ruckus
• fracas
• fray
• skirmish
• broil
• rough-and-tumble
• affray
• scuffle
• battle
• tussle
• argument
• scrimmage
• donnybrook
• free-for-all
• contest
• fisticuffs
• quarrel
• conflict
• struggle
• combat
• spat
• dispute
• tiff
• scrap
• squabble
• wrangle
• horseplay
• hassle
• handgrips
• roughhousing
• kickup

2

as in commotion

a state of noisy, confused activity

the combination of drums and shouting contributed to the awful row

Synonyms & Similar Words

• commotion
• disturbance
• hurry
• stir
• turmoil
• storm
• fuss
• noise
• racket
• hurricane
• to-do
• fun
• coil
• clatter
• clutter
• ruction
• zoo
• bother
• bobbery
• bustle
• ado
• tumult
• hullabaloo
• flurry
• ruckus
• rumpus
• pandemonium
• hoopla
• hubbub
• hurry-scurry
• blather
• roar
• alarums and excursions
• kerfuffle
• hurry-skurry
• furore
• squall
• helter-skelter
• splore
• bluster
• ballyhoo
• uproar
• pother
• welter
• upheaval
• stew
• furor
• hoo-hah
• hubble-bubble
• hoo-ha
• hue and cry
• foofaraw
• shindy
• corroboree
• hurly-burly
• whirl
• moil
• do
• brawl
• howl
• hurly
• williwaw
• cacophony
• eruption
• clamor
• outbreak
• din
• unrest
• outcry
• disorder
• scuffle
• outburst
• flutter
• melee
• fray
• fret
• mêlée
• fever
• fracas
• dither
• flare-up
• lather
• hassle
• tizzy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rest
• peace
• calm
• quiet
• stillness
• tranquillity
• order
• hush
• tranquility
• quietude
• orderliness

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as in quarrel

an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions

he had a row with his girlfriend yesterday, and now they aren't speaking

Synonyms & Similar Words

• quarrel
• dispute
• altercation
• argument
• disagreement
• controversy
• fight
• bicker
• brawl
• misunderstanding
• spat
• battle royal
• cross fire
• skirmish
• tiff
• set-to
• clash
• contretemps
• imbroglio
• wrangle
• squabble
• kickup
• rhubarb
• disputation
• falling-out
• feud
• debate
• donnybrook
• argle-bargle
• tangle
• scrap
• difference
• argy-bargy
• run-in
• tussle
• contention
• protest
• attack
• hassle
• objection
• protestation
• dissention
• vendetta
• melee
• mêlée
• logomachy
• dissension
• fisticuffs
• catfight
• fracas
• fray
• fuss
• free-for-all
• affray

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verb (1)

ˈrō 

as in to paddle

to move a boat by means of oars

rowed around the lake

Synonyms & Similar Words

• paddle
• oar
• kayak
• canoe
• scull
• pull
• pole
• punt
• feather

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verb (2)

ˈrau̇ 

as in to bicker

to express different opinions about something often angrily

the couple rows all the time, and yet they seem happy together

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bicker
• fight
• quarrel
• argue
• clash
• spat
• brawl
• fall out
• dispute
• scrap
• wrangle
• jar
• squabble
• debate
• tiff
• brabble
• bandy words
• butt heads
• controvert
• hassle
• lock horns
• quibble
• argufy
• contest
• mix it up
• discuss
• contend
• challenge
• altercate
• object
• tangle
• dare
• protest
• cavil
• defy
• kick
• fuss
• nitpick
• consider

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• get along
• accept
• coexist
• agree
• concur
• consent
• assent

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of row

Noun

Eighty columns — massive granite shafts topped by Corinthian capitals — carry rows of arches down the 440-foot length of the nave. —The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025

The number of Black patients receiving a transplant from a deceased donor has increased twelve years in a row, doubling since 2013. —Andrew Jones, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025

Verb

If the global market is set up in ways that make Chinese goods more attractive than others, subsidies and other direct incentives are rowing upstream. —Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025

The latter could easily be repurposed for rowing on Lake Maggiore. —Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024