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 At immigration check-ins, new routines unfold Samba Diallo rode in the passenger seat, a red folder containing his immigration paperwork on his lap. — Claire Galofaro, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026 The Belgian was the second-best climber at this summer’s Tour de France, and rode an impressive one-day season this spring — finishing on the podium of the Tour of Flanders and Liège-Bastogne-Liège, and winning the Amstel Gold Race. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 In August 2025, police said, Brown rode the light rail in Charlotte and stabbed 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska to death. — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2026 The report said officers yelled for Hardy to stop and that the man rode through barricades and into the district. — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026 And then another really good suggestion came from a fan on Instagram who rode the ride. — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026 Host Mariska Hargitay queened out in Marriott bath robes with Jean Smart, rode a horse, and called Jennifer Coolidge a Sea Hag — all in the name of brand integration. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026 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 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ridden

Verb

The studio teased the adaptation during its CinemaCon presentation earlier this year after first announcing the project at CES in 2025.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
Lee teased the partnership over the summer at San Diego Comic-Con, assuring the audience in Hall H that the DC IP would be in good hands with the Stuart team.

— Katie Campione, Deadline, 17 Sep. 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

Measles rates in the country hovered around 100 to 300 cases total between 2021 and 2025.

— Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2026
After sailing about half an hour, Choi’s navy yard utility boat slowed and hovered – never fully stopping as the water was far deeper than the length of the anchor.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of hovered

Verb

Their survival depended not only on tools, but on movement, teaching and the collective preservation of knowledge.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
At the party, Andrea effectively reauditioned for Howie, shticking it up as if her life depended on it.

— Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of depended

Verb

She was treated with such indifference by the Bordens that, with the exception of Abby, no one bothered to learn her name, calling her by the name of their last servant, Maggie, instead.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
What’s bothered me, though, is how its backers have anchored their messaging around a lot of misleading generalizations about the state of college sports.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of bothered

Verb

This is why, since 1894, the Office of the Pardon Attorney has tried to impose some guidelines on the process and decide which cases should be eligible for clemency at all.

— Caren Morrison, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
The junta has tried to compel civil servants living in Myanmar to come back to work.

— Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of tried

Verb

The rare curtain call on the road continued an outpouring of support from Mets fans for Alonso over the past two nights — and apparently annoyed at least one of his former teammates.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
One guy in cargo shorts and a battered Ramones T-shirt kept casting dirty looks at the sky, clearly annoyed at the thumping of the TV news helicopters — there were at least three overhead at all times — drowning out his commentary.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026