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 Those details came from chiefs and warriors who once rode with Crazy Horse. — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 The oratory was designed so horses (important in the Templars’ success on the battlefield) could be ridden in and blessed. — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2026 Fordham rode ArieForce One more than 28,400 times since the ride opened in 2023. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 10 Aug. 2026 The Dodgers rode their four starters (Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shohei Ohtani, Tyler Glasnow and Snell) to a World Series title last year and have now upgraded with the addition of Skubal. — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 9 Aug. 2026 Sojourner White, a train travel enthusiast who runs the platform Sojournies and has been on more than 20 Amtrak routes, rode the Borealis at launch and says the café car made the hours pass quickly. — Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2026 The Polish rider took the yellow jersey with a brilliant solo win up Mont Ventoux on Friday, and rode a yellow bike to go with it on Stage 8. — ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026 Her 3-year-old daughter, Oaklee, rode their yak Tashi last month in Fairplay’s Burro Days festival. — David Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026 Grant rode with his dad, Jamel Sr, while his mom and little brother watched with joy. — Harrison Stidolph, Freep.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ridden

Verb

Before the show’s official announcement, Brown teased a reunion with Harbour during the June 24 episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast.

— Shelby Stivale, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026
One of the original Blue Bloods is making a trip to Beantown after Donnie Wahlberg teased an upcoming guest star on Boston Blue.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 7 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

Between 2002 to 2014, sequels hovered somewhere between 20 to 30 percent of the overall annual box office, with a few peaks and valleys in between.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 10 Aug. 2026
As temperatures hovered around 80 degrees and few clouds obscured a bright blue sky, many people took the opportunity to enjoy a summer day last week at Montrose Beach.

— Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of hovered

Verb

European leaders have even floated a boycott of FIFA events, while execs behind closed doors are plotting rival tournaments that could leave Infantino on the outside looking in before the next election cycle.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
The notion that Ellison would exit California if the state AGs sued to block the Paramount-WBD merger was floated in an item last month by Semafor.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026