Debate
Debate noun - A careful weighing of the reasons for or against something.
Row is a synonym for debate in controversy topic. In some cases you can use "Row" instead the word "Debate" as a noun or a verb.
Row
Row noun - An often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions.
Usage example: he had a row with his girlfriend yesterday, and now they aren't speaking
Debate is a synonym for row in argument topic. Sometimes you can use "Debate" instead the word "Row" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as controversy.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| full | full debate | full row |
| long | long debate | long row |
| brief | brief debate | brief row |
| actual | actual debate | actual row |
| Other adjectives: massive, big, huge, infamous, fierce, new, heated, final, last. | ||
Common collocations
| way | debate way | row way |
Both words in one sentence
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Last Minute Reprieve: A season 1 episode has Bartlet debate whether or not to stay the execution of a death row inmate who has a credible justification for it.
Source: Series / The West Wing - Saints Row 4 regains a paced plot and basic explanation for what's going on, though this is subject to some debate.
Source: Flanderization / Video Games -
The destroyer of 173note The exact number is up for debate, as Goldberg beat some guys more than once, and WCW seemed to lose count along the way; The Other Wiki suggests it was really more like 160 wrestlers in a row!
Source: Wrestling / Goldberg
Cite this Source
Row and Debate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/debate/row
Debate & Row. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/debate/row>.
Row or Debate. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/debate/row.
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