Synonyms of ridding

ridding

verb

present participle of rid

as in relieving

to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers

worked two jobs to rid himself of debt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• relieving
• freeing
• clearing
• divesting
• unburdening
• liberating
• rescuing
• emancipating
• disencumbering
• releasing
• discharging
• loosening
• springing
• disburdening
• redeeming
• enfranchising
• loosing
• extricating
• delivering
• disentangling
• unchaining
• bailing (out)
• disengaging
• manumitting
• unfettering
• unbinding
• uncaging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• burdening
• saddling
• encumbering
• subjecting
• hampering
• restraining
• weighting (down)
• shackling
• fettering
• bogging (down)
• weighing down

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ridding

The city is continuing to replace lead pipes with copper ones in the older houses in the community with funds from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA), ridding the community of pipes that might harm people or contaminate water. — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

The fatal crash has led city leaders and animal rights activists to take a new look at ridding New York of carriage horses. — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026

Cocaine trafficking is not a victimless crime, and the FBI and our partners will use every tool at our disposal to keep ridding our communities of these deadly narcotics. — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

The tea leaves are placed in bubbling jacuzzis four times over, ridding them of any impurities, albeit minimal given that the farm is organic and so large that there is no pesticide drift from neighboring farms. — Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

These expert- and editor-approved kits make ridding yourself of unwanted hair a breeze. — Sara Coughlin, Allure, 7 July 2026

The first step this shampoo takes is ridding your scalp of (in my case, probably years) dead cells and product buildup. — Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 2 July 2026

After the Battle of the Alamo, the Mexican army ransacked the site and salvaged all the leftover artillery for future military use, ridding the battleground of most of its weaponry. — Amen Galinato, CNN Money, 25 June 2026

Sun-Dry and Air-Out Sokolowski's number one go-to for ridding sheets of stale smells is hanging them either outside or in bright outdoor spaces. — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 17 June 2026