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
• ridiculing
• baiting
• heckling
• torturing
• picking on
• hassling
• hazing
• needling
• annoying
• making game of
• trying
• plaguing
• testing
• irritating
• getting
• deriding
• gibing
• bullying
• spiting
• itching
• jeering
• troubling
• dogging
• burning (up)
• griping
• pestering
• chafing
• bugging
• harassing
• goading
• hacking (off)
• fretting
• nettling
• ruffling
• tormenting
• riling
• frosting
• putting out
• aggravating
• grating
• gnawing (at)
• nagging
• disturbing
• badgering
• agitating
• persecuting
• exasperating
• galling
• rasping
• hounding
• terrorizing
• 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

According to Watson, Martinez was riding with four or five other motorcyclists when a red Audi began tailing the group. — Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

There’s no hope left of release — of riding Dreamfyre out of the Dragonpit, of playing with chickens in a sunlit field, her two children beside her. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

Track riders can add the racing exhaust and Ducati's Lap Timer Pro system, which records lap and split times and can display performance improvements while riding. — Josh Max, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Those were fair concerns, considering all that’s riding on Riley getting it right with Patterson, his third defensive coordinator in five seasons. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026

The incident coincided with the first time Aisha was riding in the front seat. — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026

Now, riding an 8-1 surge that may have nixed a sell-off, the Padres can dig into a 50-game playoff race on the other side of the trade deadline, starting Monday night in Phoenix. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

His daughter already competes in barrel racing, while his 2-year-old son has already begun riding horses. — Kansas City Star, 2 Aug. 2026