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 The ordinance, which passed in a 4-3 vote, tightens rules for how personal electric vehicles can be operated, including where they can be ridden, speed restrictions, equipment requirements and penalties for violations. — Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 23 Sep. 2026 After borrowing heavily in the 2010s to build its port and rail networks, Fortescue rode the commodity upswing. — Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026 Livingston rode into the Yellowstone Valley for the first time on May 11, 1987. — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 23 Sep. 2026 Another plaintiff, Michael Wick, visited the park with his family and rode X2. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026 Kremlev rode a Harley Davidson and a Ducati, according to Proekt. — Michael Loria, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026 On Blink’s tour for Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, which New Found were on, Chad rode on the bus with me and my wife a lot. — Mark Hoppus, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026 He was carted off, towel over his head and emotional as trainers rode with him off the field. — Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026 Following Lucas’s remarks, attendees rode the elevators up to the fourth level to explore the galleries. — Paul Chi, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ridden

Verb

During the event, Hargitay — who has played Olivia Benson on SVU since 1999 — teased Meloni’s return even further.

— Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
Jil Sander teased its latest shoes with Puma during its spring 2027 runway show in Milan earlier this week.

— Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 25 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

Radiologists have traditionally depended on their own expertise and eyesight to identify potentially cancerous findings.

— Oran Muduroglu, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
At the same time, as the Burke Museum notes, the low-lying forests of nut and beech trees the birds depended on were cleared for farmland as settlement spread west.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of depended

Verb

Crumbs that floated away from the sandwich could have interfered with the operation of flight equipment and caused the loss of the mission and its crew.

— Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026
Gluons glued quarks together to make protons and neutrons, which floated around as a gas rather than a plasma.

— Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of floated

Verb

Less than a year after her son’s birth, Dowling tried to get pregnant again, opting for the same add-ons as before—with no luck.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2026
Just as Kelly tried to push Marion out of the frame, her brother, James, at the time 9 months old, entered the office in his baby bouncer.

— Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of tried

Verb

Part of me is annoyed that the process didn’t hand me a neat solution.

— Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2026
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