Synonyms of rode

rode

verb

variants or chiefly dialectal rid

past tense of ride

1

as in teased

to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults

that supervisor is always riding everyone for every little thing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• teased
• tried
• annoyed
• got
• taunted
• bothered
• irritated
• grated
• baited
• heckled
• picked on
• mocked
• needled
• hassled
• hazed
• jibed
• tested
• derided
• made game of
• jeered
• pestered
• ridiculed
• griped
• goaded
• chafed
• gibed
• itched
• burned (up)
• ruffled
• hounded
• galled
• fretted
• riled
• bugged
• put out
• hacked (off)
• nagged
• burnt (up)
• exasperated
• nettled
• perturbed
• badgered
• troubled
• frosted
• vexed
• gnawed (at)
• irked
• aggravated
• rasped
• beleaguered
• peeved
• dogged
• bedeviled
• tortured
• plagued
• piqued
• terrorized
• spited
• harassed
• agitated
• disturbed
• narked
• bullied
• tormented
• discomforted
• hectored
• browbeat
• aggrieved
• vext
• hagrode
• persecuted
• harried

2

as in kidded

to make fun of in a good-natured way

his wife couldn't resist riding him for forgetting his own birthday

Synonyms & Similar Words

• teased
• kidded
• joked
• roasted
• rallied
• razzed
• ribbed
• chaffed
• jived
• joshed
• bantered
• goofed on
• took the mickey out of
• strung along
• jested
• fooled
• quipped
• funned
• wisecracked
• jollied
• yucked
• yukked
• japed
• gagged

3

as in hovered

to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air

a condor riding high in the sky

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hovered
• floated
• sailed
• swam
• hanged
• glided
• drifted
• hung
• poised
• wafted
• bobbed
• suspended
• dangled
• buoyed
• rafted
• ballooned

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• settled
• sank
• sunk
• plunged
• lunged
• dived
• dipped
• submerged
• immersed
• dove
• submersed

4

as in depended

to be determined by, based on, or subject (to)

our plan for the party rides on whether he can come

Synonyms & Similar Words

• depended
• hung
• turned
• based
• hanged
• stayed
• rested
• hinged
• founded
• established
• grounded