Synonyms of ridge

ridge 1 of 2

noun

ˈrij 

as in crest

the line formed when two sloping surfaces come together along their topmost edge

pigeons roosting along the ridge of the roof

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crest
• peak
• spine
• divide
• backbone
• prominence
• promontory
• eminence
• ridgepole
• rise

ridge

2 of 2

verb

as in to drift

Related Words

• drift
• bank
• lump
• clump
• conglomerate
• agglutinate
• build up
• pile (up)
• accumulate
• mass
• collect
• stack (up)
• concentrate
• amass
• gather
• accrete

Dissimilar Words

• disperse
• dissipate
• scatter

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ridge

Noun

That occurs along a very typical-looking site that has a roughly 2,000 meter depression at the location of spreading, flanked by a series of rugged ridges. — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026

Less than two months later a swarm of earthquakes ripped along the ridge. — Sam MacDonald, Scientific American, 8 July 2026

Verb

The rocks formed during the Archean and persisted until they were squeezed out along the ocean ridges more than 2.5 billion years later. — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2024

Neuroscientists have charted the mind’s incantation of words that lights up the temporal lobe, the frontal lobe, ridges in the cerebral cortex, triggering impulses that transform squiggles of ink into letters, letters to words, words to sentences and meaning and comprehension and empathy. — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024