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

3

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

As with its competitors, the ongoing slowdown in China appears to have weighed on growth, with Asia (outside Japan) shrinking its weight in the company’s beauty business for the fifth year in a row, down to 30% last year, compared with 33% a year earlier and as much as 45% in 2020. —Alex Wynne, Footwear News, 18 Apr. 2025

Speaking of the stand: The prosecution’s main witness changes her damning testimony against Gomez when one of his thugs — the same guy that was trying to get Noah to get in his car — arrives in court and glares menacingly from the back row. —Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 17 Apr. 2025

Verb

The four took home the gold for Great Britain at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, and Princess Anne awarded the athletes with their MBEs for services to rowing. —Janine Henni, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025

As corporations begin rowing back their sustainability targets because of economic uncertainty and the mainstream intrusion of right-leaning politics, other firms are struggling to rustle up funding and nail down the commitments that can change the status quo. —Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 6 Mar. 2025