Oarsman

Synonyms for oarsman:

oarsman (noun)

rower.

person (noun)

rower.

rowing (noun)

crew, regatta, coxswain, row, oarswoman, cox, four.

rowing

cox, rowing, regatta, row, crew, oarswoman, coxswain, scull, four.

Other synonyms and related words:

cox, rower, regatta, row, crew, oarswoman, coxswain, rowing, four.

Usage examples for oarsman:

• When an oarsman is exhausted in a race, it is of supreme importance that, though unable to do his full share of work, he should not mar the swing and style of the rest. - "Boating", W. B. Woodgate Commentator: Harvey Mason.
• Abercrombie Smith, with the intuition of an old oarsman, chose his position at the point where he knew that the struggle, if there were a struggle, would come. - "Round the Red Lamp Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life", Arthur Conan Doyle.
• Well, if you had been born an Englishman, we'd make an oarsman out of you yet! - "The Stolen Singer", Martha Idell Fletcher Bellinger.