Synonyms of riding

riding

verb

present participle of ride

1

as in teasing

to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults

that supervisor is always riding everyone for every little thing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• teasing
• taunting
• mocking
• bothering
• baiting
• ridiculing
• heckling
• picking on
• torturing
• hassling
• hazing
• needling
• making game of
• annoying
• trying
• plaguing
• testing
• irritating
• deriding
• gibing
• getting
• spiting
• itching
• jeering
• burning (up)
• bullying
• dogging
• troubling
• griping
• pestering
• chafing
• bugging
• goading
• hacking (off)
• fretting
• nettling
• ruffling
• riling
• frosting
• putting out
• aggravating
• harassing
• gnawing (at)
• grating
• tormenting
• nagging
• agitating
• badgering
• disturbing
• exasperating
• persecuting
• galling
• rasping
• terrorizing
• hounding
• irking
• vexing
• narking
• beleaguering
• perturbing
• discomforting
• hagriding
• browbeating
• bedeviling
• piquing
• peeving
• hectoring
• harrying
• aggrieving

2

as in kidding

to make fun of in a good-natured way

his wife couldn't resist riding him for forgetting his own birthday

Synonyms & Similar Words

• teasing
• kidding
• joking
• roasting
• razzing
• ribbing
• rallying
• chaffing
• jiving
• goofing on
• bantering
• joshing
• taking the mickey out of
• funning
• fooling
• stringing along
• wisecracking
• jesting
• jollying
• quipping
• yukking
• gagging
• japing

3

as in hovering

to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air

a condor riding high in the sky

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hovering
• sailing
• floating
• swimming
• gliding
• drifting
• hanging
• bobbing
• wafting
• dangling
• poising
• suspending
• rafting
• buoying
• ballooning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• settling
• sinking
• plunging
• diving
• lunging
• dipping
• immersing
• submerging
• submersing

4

as in depending

to be determined by, based on, or subject (to)

our plan for the party rides on whether he can come

Synonyms & Similar Words

• depending
• hanging
• turning
• basing
• staying
• hinging
• resting
• establishing
• founding
• grounding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of riding

Smith, who was riding in the left lane, was ejected from the bike and hit the pavement, suffering severe injuries, according to police. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026

Sixteen-year-old Avery Kucan was riding McHenry, a horse that raced at Hawthorne and Arlington, winning numerous races and earning more than $150,000. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 1 Oct. 2026

But while there is a lot riding on the game, that’s not the primary cause, nor is a history of high blood pressure. — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2026

In August, Six Flags settled a wrongful-death lawsuit after a 22-year-old man died after riding the roller coaster in 2022. — Victoria Craw, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026

And there’s absolutely no doubt that this one is riding in on top of temperatures already greatly elevated by greenhouse-gas emissions, escalating its impacts. — Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026

Wrangler Wrangler is enhancing the strength of its riding jeans. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

Arkansas will arrive in town riding the momentum of beating Tulsa — which defeated Oklahoma State earlier in the year — by four touchdowns. — Peter Warren, Houston Chronicle, 30 Sep. 2026

In the decades since, the piece has evolved to be made with leather cords instead—an alternative to the traditional stuffy tie—and worn by cowboys while riding. — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026