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 Bill Walton played hoops and soccer with us at Wallace Park, then rode his bike back to his Northwest Portland home. — Jason Quick, New York Times, 12 July 2026 In 1972, ordinary Californians circulated petitions, knocked on doors, and rode bicycles down the coast, rallying support for Proposition 20, which aimed to regulate coastal development. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026 Meta has ridden on the heels of other tech innovations before, like TikTok (Instagram Reels) and X/Twitter (Threads). — Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 10 July 2026 Veteran Mathieu van der Poel rode hard and put Jasper Philipsen at the front with 250 meters to go, but Philipsen could not sustain his attack and was overtaken by Merlier. — ABC News, 10 July 2026 The survey found that only 5% of Americans had ever ridden in a driverless car. — Scott Neuman, NPR, 10 July 2026 Latvala’s resignation came as the #MeToo movement rode a torrent of revelations of powerful men across industries using their positions to harass women. — Michael Van Sickler, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026 The micro-mobility devices must be ridden on public roadways. — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026 Democrats in Colorado rode a backlash against Washington to victory Tuesday night, as a surge of primary voters picked candidates without ties to Congress. — Erin Cox, Washington Post, 1 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ridden

Verb

Bryant Vincent’s team has teased in each of his first two years in Monroe, starting 3-1 last season before the roof caved in with eight straight setbacks.

— Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
While the flagship movie franchise is coming to an end, Diesel previously teased that NBCUniversal has four TV shows in development from the Fast & Furious world.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 4 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

Their success depended on transforming physical assets, supply chains and industrial processes into repeatable output at increasing levels of efficiency.

— Motaz Agamawi, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
The study depended on data from the Laser Relativity Satellite 2 (LARES-2), a mission led by Ciufolini.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 8 July 2026

Definition of depended

Verb

One of Robinson's attorneys, Michael Burt, tried to inject uncertainty into the case Thursday by challenging the reliability of ballistics tests on a bullet fragment recovered from Kirk’s body.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
The denial was a hit to Wilber’s spirit, but Yadira tried to calm the restless teenager.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of tried

Verb

Troy Jackson, a logger and former candidate in Maine’s Democratic gubernatorial primary and a progressive, has been floated as a candidate who could appeal to Platner’s voters.

— Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 7 July 2026
The ball floated toward the box, over Egypt’s Yasser Ibrahim and toward the head of Enzo Fernández.

— Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 7 July 2026

Definition of floated

Verb

The problem Databento is solving has bothered anyone who has ever tried to get institutional-grade market data.

— Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 9 July 2026
There was a stretch of my adolescence, sometime in the early 2000s, when I was quietly convinced my life was a television show and no one had bothered to tell me.

— Alli Kushner, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of bothered

Verb

Conceding from a restart would have annoyed France, and Jorgen Strand Larsen converting his penalty could have made this more fun.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 7 July 2026
Those of us old enough to remember the 1994-95 strike recall it as a disaster for the sport, as fans were annoyed by both owners and players, and many turned to other life interests.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 July 2026