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

On another evening, the same tiny ridges cling to a beef ragout Baldi learned to make from a family friend in Forte dei Marmi. — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

The dark form of the bear was rounding the ridges and gullies, appearing and disappearing among the brush in the direction of the head of the canyon. — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 15 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