RIDDEN Synonyms: 132 Similar and Opposite Words

ridden

verb

variants or chiefly dialectal rid or rode

Definition of ridden

past participle of ride

as in teased

to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults that supervisor is always riding everyone for every little thing

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as in kidded

to make fun of in a good-natured way his wife couldn't resist riding him for forgetting his own birthday

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as in hovered

to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air a condor riding high in the sky

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as in depended

to be determined by, based on, or subject (to) our plan for the party rides on whether he can come

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Recent Examples of ridden Brady Oleson rode for the Rattlers for their first three seasons (2022-24), but suffered a career ending injury in 2024 and was brought on as an assistant coach last season. — Cal Phillips july 31, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026 Wilson said many of the electric motorcycles popular with teens are designed as off-road dirt bikes and cannot legally be ridden on public streets. — Tori Mason, CBS News, 31 July 2026 The team played a tribute video and Jones rode around the warning track in a car, waving to fans. — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 31 July 2026 The company said that more than half a million people have already ridden in its vehicles. — Josh Funk, Fortune, 31 July 2026 That boat was the same one Wells had ridden to Horn Island that day, but did not board for the return trip to shore. — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 30 July 2026 Limited-edition motorcycles often exist to inflate collectors' portfolios, but this one deserves to be ridden – preferably hard, preferably often. — New Atlas, 30 July 2026 The Guardians rode deep, dominant bullpens until mid-October in 2022 and 2024. — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 30 July 2026 The Royals rode Seth Lugo’s 13th quality start of the season. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ridden

Verb

Jeff Kent sported a mustache throughout his career even though some folks teased him.

— Jose de Jesus Ortiz, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026
The Malaysian Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, had teased on Saturday that an F1 announcement was coming.

— Luke Smith, New York Times, 26 July 2026

Definition of teased

Verb

Naturally, Kelly gets kidded about that as well.

— Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2026
When Curt Cignetti was hired just more than two years ago, it was considered a smart move by the athletic department, but no one kidded themselves that Indiana was some sort of raucous fan sleeper cell just waiting to be activated.

— Will Leitch, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026

Definition of kidded

Verb

His long-term future surely hovered as another complicating factor.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Somewhere in the heated mist hovered the howls of Albert Ayler and the clarion call of his brother Donald’s trumpet, followed by the Ornette Coleman Quartet, saluting him with joyous cacophony.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2026

Definition of hovered

Verb

The first reason is the need to preserve those who were depended upon heavily en route to winning the title, namely Declan Rice and Martin Zubimendi.

— Art de Roché, New York Times, 31 July 2026
According to Chief Engineer Russ Jones, the technology can produce intricate geometries that previously depended on laser powder bed additive manufacturing.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 July 2026

Definition of depended

Verb

After airing a 19th season that limped its way to the finish line, Bravo probably should have tried something a little different for the next one.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 31 July 2026
And in New York, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has tried to distance himself from his past criticisms of the city’s police department and a previous call to defund the agency.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026

Definition of tried

Verb

However, Newcastle have been looking at alternatives, and Parma’s Zion Suzuki, the 23-year-old Japan international, has featured during internal discussions, while Brighton’s 25-year-old goalkeeper Carl Rushworth has also been floated.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 July 2026
The team floated the idea to Nestlé’s global KitKat brand group, then gave its agency partner, VML, 24 hours to return with a concept.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 20 July 2026

Definition of floated

Verb

The effect that Republicans’ Wuhan investigations and right-leaning media had on Fauci’s public image continuously bothered him, according to the writings.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 31 July 2026
Johnson took the job partly out of patriotism; he was bothered that so few people knew the smartphone was a Canadian invention.

— Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 July 2026

Definition of bothered

Verb

Club homeowners are not merely annoyed by tourist bonanzas like the World Cup — Airbnb is FIFA’s official lodging partner — or the Ultra music festival, Spring Break and Formula 1 weekend.

— Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
The equalising goal came in first-half stoppage time, with Norway coach Stale Solbakken visibly annoyed with referee Clement Turpin at the half-time interval.

— Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 11 July 2026