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 Any scooter found parked, stored or ridden on campus is subject to fines and impoundment, with enforcement beginning in September after a month-long warning period. — Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026 Imagine everything that followed Michigan’s loss to Ohio State was a bad dream and Kyle Whittingham never rode his Harley-Davidson into the Big House. — Austin Meek, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Three shooters unloaded 18 rounds at the black Escalade in which Robinson rode with his cousin and the intended target — Tyquian Bowman, a rapper known as Quando Rondo. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 Meir, meanwhile, rode one end of the Canadarm2 robotic arm to a site near the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), torquing 46 bolts in preparation for future maintenance of the particle physics detector. — Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026 The two ended up walking away laughing, and Luiz’s grin rode right into the next conversation, drill or interaction with anyone on the field. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026 The employees attended Vance's speech at the steel plant, where his grandfather worked as a welder for nearly 40 years, and rode in the vice president's motorcade. — Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2026 College grad dies hours after X2 Christopher Hawley, a 22-year-old recent college graduate, rode X2 in June of 2022 with his cousin and brother. — Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026 Redford first rode horseback on screen in the 1969 classic Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ridden

Verb

West first teased the album in March 2020, initially targeting a summer release, just as the COVID-19 pandemic upended the music industry and the rhythms of live performance.

— Desjah Altvater, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Meet Lucia and Jason We've been teased for over a year now that our main duo, Lucia and Jason, are criminals, with Lucia recently being an inmate at the Leonida Penitentiary.

— Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 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

But Covid-19 layoffs aside, the San Francisco company hasn’t bothered to tidy up along the way, its chief executive says.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
Never even bothered to deny any of the accusations that would eventually lead to Wednesday’s stunning NBA ruling against the LA Clippers in this landmark salary cap circumvention case.

— Sam Amick, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of bothered

Verb

Outside the emergency room entrance, Katie Winschief floated above her body as paramedics put her in a wheelchair and rushed her toward the hospital doors.

— Michael Collins, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026
The idea is to develop the technology for movable plants that can be floated off the coast and used to power the port and eventually cities.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of floated

Verb

Paul Robinson appeared in court along with former Penn State students, where preliminary hearings took place ahead of a Centre County judge ruling that Robinson and five former students would have their cases tried in county court.

— Finch Walker, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
The patients had all previously tried other therapies with little to no success and had mutations in RAS proteins, which can drive tumor growth.

— Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of tried

Verb

Not even Jeff being annoyed at Kasandra’s drunkenness can ruin the mood.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2026
That was Gardner’s first game with the Colts after being acquired from the New York Jets, and while Indy pulled out the OT victory, Gardner was still annoyed by some of the social media chatter afterward.

— James Boyd, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026