Row
Row noun - A state of noisy, confused activity.
Usage example: the combination of drums and shouting contributed to the awful row
Storm
Storm noun - A state of noisy, confused activity.
Usage example: a few minutes of calm before the storm, when the store would open its doors on the busiest day of the year
Row is a synonym for storm (British) in outburst topic. Sometimes you can use "Row" instead a noun "Storm", if it concerns topics such as commotion. informal substitute
How words are described
| rare | rare row | rare storm |
| full | full row | full storm |
| long | long row | long storm |
| brief | brief row | brief storm |
| Other adjectives: original, single, nasty, actual, massive, large, enormous, huge, evil, fierce, dark, new, final, next, literal, giant. | ||
Common collocations
| way | row way | storm way |
Both words in one sentence
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Julianne engineers a huge row between the fiancés, but just as Michael is about to storm off, Kimberly bursts into tears and apologises.
Source: Film / My Best Friend's Wedding - Frederic Henry and his Love Interest have to row across an Italian lake in a storm to Switzerland in order to escape arrest.
Source: Checkpoint Charlie - Though the sailors try to avoid this by attempting to row back to land, the storm proves too great and they toss Jonah into the sea.
Source: Literature / Book of Jonah
Cite this Source
Storm and Row. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/row/storm
Row & Storm. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/row/storm>.
Storm or Row. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/row/storm.
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