Synonyms of ride

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verb (1)

ˈrīd 

1

as in to tease

to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults

that supervisor is always riding everyone for every little thing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tease
• taunt
• mock
• bother
• pick on
• bait
• needle
• annoy
• heckle
• ridicule
• hassle
• torture
• haze
• plague
• make game of
• try
• test
• trouble
• burn (up)
• get
• spite
• hack (off)
• dog
• irritate
• put out
• gnaw (at)
• bully
• deride
• frost
• itch
• bug
• pester
• nag
• jeer
• discomfort
• disturb
• ruffle
• torment
• grate
• gibe
• goad
• harass
• chafe
• gripe
• hound
• aggravate
• rile
• nettle
• badger
• gall
• terrorize
• perturb
• agitate
• irk
• pique
• fret
• persecute
• vex
• peeve
• rasp
• hagride
• bedevil
• beleaguer
• exasperate
• harry
• browbeat
• nark
• hector
• aggrieve

2

as in to kid

to make fun of in a good-natured way

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• kid
• tease
• joke
• roast
• rally
• razz
• rib
• fun
• take the mickey out of
• jive
• goof on
• banter
• josh
• chaff
• string along
• fool
• quip
• jest
• jolly
• wisecrack
• jape
• gag
• yuk

3

as in to hover

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

a condor riding high in the sky

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hover
• sail
• float
• swim
• glide
• drift
• hang
• bob
• waft
• suspend
• poise
• dangle
• buoy
• raft
• balloon

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• settle
• sink
• plunge
• dive
• lunge
• dip
• submerge
• immerse
• submerse

4

as in to depend

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

our plan for the party rides on whether he can come

Synonyms & Similar Words

• depend
• hang
• base
• turn
• stay
• rest
• found
• hinge
• establish
• ground

ride

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noun

as in transportation

a means of getting to a destination in a vehicle driven by another

an organization that provides rides for senior citizens

Synonyms & Similar Words

• transportation
• transport
• lift
• drive
• spin
• transit
• turn
• joyride
• conveyance
• passage

ride (out)

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verb (2)

as in to survive

to come safely through

just as we always have in the past, we'll ride out this latest crisis

Synonyms & Similar Words

• survive
• make it (through)
• live
• weather
• endure
• be
• wear out
• hold out
• hang on
• withstand
• hold on
• continue
• pull through
• stick out
• exist
• last
• hold up
• persist
• stand
• outlive
• outlast
• breathe
• lead
• thrive
• flourish
• subsist
• abide
• prosper

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pass (on)
• pass away
• die
• perish
• depart
• expire
• succumb
• disappear
• vanish
• evaporate
• fade
• stop
• croak
• end
• decease
• cease

ridden

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verb (3)

variants or chiefly dialectal rid or rode

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

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
• roasted
• joked
• razzed
• rallied
• ribbed
• chaffed
• goofed on
• jived
• bantered
• taken the mickey out of
• funned
• joshed
• strung along
• fooled
• jested
• jollied
• quipped
• japed
• wisecracked
• yukked
• 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
• hung
• drifted
• wafted
• glided
• poised
• swum
• suspended
• dangled
• bobbed
• buoyed
• rafted
• ballooned

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• settled
• sunk
• plunged
• lunged
• dived
• submerged
• dipped
• immersed
• 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
• based
• turned
• stayed
• established
• founded
• hinged
• rested
• grounded

rode

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verb (4)

variants or chiefly dialectal rid

past tense of ride

1

as in taunted

to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults

that supervisor is always riding everyone for every little thing

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in joked

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
• yukked
• japed
• gagged

3

as in sailed

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

4

as in hung

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
• based
• turned
• stayed
• hinged
• founded
• rested
• established
• grounded

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ride

Verb

Melo, his nephew and a friend were all riding stand-up electric scooters past Tollinche’s home when the attack took place. —Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026

In the Derby, the 39-year-old was fined $62,000 and suspended for two race days for using his riding crop excessively. —Alex Sundby, CBS News, 1 May 2026

Noun

The conversation also touched on the roller-coaster ride that Take-Two has had since its 2022 acquisition of mobile game factory Zynga. —Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 30 Apr. 2026

Also, the museum has an Eco-Adventure Carousel that includes sculptures of animals native to the surrounding mountains of the museum (additional fee for rides on the carousel). —Holly Andres, Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026

Verb

Cherie DeVaux trained the winning horse Golden Tempo, who was ridden by Jose Ortiz. —Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 4 May 2026

The jockey Jose Ortiz rode Golden Tempo to victory in the Kentucky Derby this weekend. —David Remnick, New Yorker, 4 May 2026

Verb

After a month or so in the doldrums as investors rode a wave of anxiety about the AI buildout, chip stocks have hit a real purple patch again in April. —Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 1 May 2026

Less than three days after the Atlas V launch from Florida, another cluster of 32 Amazon Leo satellites rode a European Ariane 6 rocket into orbit from the Guiana Space Center in South America, European Spaceflight reports. —Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026

Phrases Containing ride

• ride (out)
• ride herd on
• take for a ride