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 Las Vegas — Under a canopy shielding them from the desert sun that pushes temperatures to nearly 110 degrees, Las Vegas tourists rode zip lines down Fremont Street. — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026 Tracey Bogan said in a January lawsuit that her horse Kodak suffered an eye injury at Reform Stables in Charlotte when Desmon Moore, who runs the boarding and equine event business, rode him without permission last Christmas. — Amber Gaudet updated August 21, Charlotte Observer, 21 Aug. 2026 Mymonie rode a train to Saint Paul, Minnesota, where her uncle lived, and where the wedding would take place, in a small afternoon ceremony. — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026 In video footage featured in the Netflix series, Harry and Eugenie rode bikes together beneath a canopy of palm trees, while another sweet moment shows Eugenie splashing in the ocean with Prince Archie. — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026 Michael Jordan rode in a few years later to push it across the globe. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Aug. 2026 The sixth-place Western Conference squad rode a historic 10-game unbeaten streak while SKC sits in last place during its rebuilding year. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ridden

Verb

The launch is the inaugural step in Shiseido’s bigger strategy of building a credible reputation in fragrances for Max Mara, as executives teased other launches are on the way.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
In previous materials released for season 2, Noizumi and Green teased Mizu’s continuing adventures.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 21 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

The autonomous food delivery droid robots hovered on top of the food truck counter as if the surface were a stage.

— Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 24 Aug. 2026
But things went sideways when the drone hovered above Austen’s pool and dropped the package into the water.

— Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of hovered

Verb

Mathematicians weren’t able to make much progress; their best upper limit on the discrepancy, achieved in 1998, still depended strongly on the dimension of the problem.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026
Trades have long been negotiated through emails, phone calls and chatrooms, while liquidity discovery has depended on fragmented dealer outreach and manual reconciliation.

— Brian Bejile, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of depended

Verb

Right-handed reliever Joel Peguero (left hamstring strain) will be shut down for the rest of the year due to a recurring hamstring strain that’s bothered him since spring training.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
Woolen’s reaching hands bothered Brown enough that, while fielding another slant, Brown lost his grip on the football, which popped into the air.

— Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of bothered

Verb

Restrictions on energy, electricity or critical minerals, something Ford also floated, could instead raise costs for American companies and consumers by making key inputs more expensive or harder to obtain.

— Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
Trump floated renaming Lake Ontario, one of the Great Lakes, amid growing trade tensions with Canada.

— Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of floated

Verb

Moczarski, who had once tried to assassinate Stroop, discovered that his cellmate was entirely unrepentant, and willing to discuss his crimes freely.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 27 Aug. 2026
Because of a lack of variety in Halal restaurants, neither of the men had tried barbecue besides brisket before their trip.

— Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of tried

Verb

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
Millard was either won over by Makowsky’s passion or annoyed into agreement by his persistence.

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026