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
• hurry
• disturbance
• stir
• turmoil
• storm
• fuss
• noise
• racket
• hurricane
• to-do
• coil
• fun
• clatter
• ruction
• clutter
• 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
• hoo-hah
• furor
• hubble-bubble
• hoo-ha
• hue and cry
• foofaraw
• shindy
• 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

Farmington is competing for the second year in a row for a national award honoring its downtown revival. —Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 20 Oct. 2025

Still, being a child of California in the eighties and nineties offered a front-row seat to the rise of a retail juggernaut. —Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025

Verb

Trump has repeatedly set deadlines for Moscow to agree a ceasefire or face new sanctions, only to row back. —Barbara Erling, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025

Team morale improves when engineers and designers see direct user impact rather than rowing toward abstract goals. —Alexander Jabbour, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025