rowed

VERB

move boat with paddle

Synonyms

STRONGEST

paddle sail swim

STRONG

drag oar pull punt scud scull

WEAK

sky an oar

Antonyms

WEAK

agree concur

VERB

argue, fight

Synonyms

STRONG

berate bicker brawl dispute jaw quarrel ream scold scrap spat squabble tiff wrangle

WEAK

bawl out call on the carpet tongue-lash

Antonyms

STRONG

agree compliment give in make peace praise

WEAK

concur

Example Sentences

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The remaining 11, including Barnard, rowed for land 3 miles distant.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

There, prime minister Mark Carney rowed back the extra tariff on some Chinese electric vehicles.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

For generations, Seynabou Tall's ancestors have fished, dived and rowed off the coast of Dakar, where the 14-year-old, who quit school nearly four years ago, is now learning to surf.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

In high school in Texas, he rowed crew and played as a flanker in rugby.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

Aunt Daisy and Phoebe were shouting up at him as the sailors rowed the boat away.

From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis