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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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Willding rowed back his claim in an email to ProPublica.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

The directors take a visual essay approach, contrasting Walden Pond and its woods and the rivers Thoreau rowed with sped-up footage of our crazy modern world — which can be a little on the nose.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

But it now seems to have rowed back on that idea, too.

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

I had not run a boat but rowed one on Icefoot Lake in Kerm; and there was a rowboat tied up in the outer dock between two launches.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin