RIDING Synonyms: 126 Similar and Opposite Words

riding

verb

Definition of riding

present participle of ride

as in teasing

to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults that supervisor is always riding everyone for every little thing

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as in kidding

to make fun of in a good-natured way his wife couldn't resist riding him for forgetting his own birthday

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as in hovering

to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air a condor riding high in the sky

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as in depending

to be determined by, based on, or subject (to) our plan for the party rides on whether he can come

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Recent Examples of riding Instead of riding the school bus or taking the family minivan, these kids and parents are using pedal power to get to class. — Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 7 Sep. 2026 By the turn of the twentieth century, the area counted some forty maisons du cheval, including riding schools and makers of saddles, harnesses, and carriages. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026 A lot is riding on the shiny green backs of large red-eyed sterile flies that scientists from the United States, Mexico and Panama have been raising. — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026 Rice had a vision in his head of Almand riding his bicycle onto the field with the football and handing it off to commissioner Roger Goodell in front of a sellout crowd, and to the millions of people at home watching. — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 What was the reason, exactly, for agents dressing for battle and toting weapons and riding in boats down the Chicago River? — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026 Brian José Morales García was riding beside his boss through the Texas Hill Country, bound for an air-conditioning job near Fredericksburg, when a state trooper stopped their pickup truck. — María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026 On Saturday, a man in Tampa died after being struck by lightning while riding a personal watercraft. — Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026 Now, those who aren’t riding the wave of the AI job boom may be leaving $100,000 on the table, especially women. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for riding

Verb

The full trailer — teasing what’s to come in episodes 1-8 — is out and totally re-watchable.

— Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026
After years spent teasing a legally impossible third term, Trump is now describing life after January 2029, picturing himself at home as a successor claims credit.

— Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of teasing

Verb

But Guthrie wasn’t kidding, slipping into a yellow gingham dress before joining her co-hosts on the Today Show Plaza to greet visitors.

— Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
Just kidding, but seeing Angela’s team sweep Shamea’s at the Bailey Bowl basketball tournament was almost as satisfying as knowing Charles got to witness his former team’s historic win in person.

— Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 22 June 2026

Definition of kidding

Verb

The new system allows the drone to release supplies while hovering, drop payloads during forward flight, or land and unload cargo autonomously, eliminating the need for personnel or dedicated equipment at the receiving site.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
In March, for example, Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, which houses long-range B-52 bombers, went into lockdown after numerous unauthorized drones were spotted hovering over sensitive areas of the base.

— Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of hovering

Verb

Closing timelines can also vary depending on the lender with which Quicken Loans pairs you.

— Dan Simms, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
As a result, unlike their civilian counterparts, some troops can see their paychecks change many times a year, depending on many factors — something that also increases the likelihood of errors.

— Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of depending

Verb

The big house sat clear, taunting their one‑room shack with its size, her children somewhere swallowed in the expansiveness of the land.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026
Cunningham’s highlights are hard fouls, a few 3-pointers, taunting, serving as a ring girl at a UFC fight, her sense of humor, and now commentary that has a Fox flair.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of taunting

Verb

After joking that the world had finally realized women were simply worse at directing than men, Gyllenhaal gave a serious answer.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
While James was joking about Ferguson, 66, joining the show, the former Duchess of York does have a history of major TV cameos.

— Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of joking

Verb

The 91-meter (298-foot) Alsu is an oil or chemical tanker sailing from Kocaeli, east of Istanbul, to Aliaga on the Aegean coast, according to the Marine Traffic website.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
The tanker was sailing in the southern shipping lane close to the Omani coast, the UK Maritime Trade Operations agency said in a post on Tuesday, Asia time.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026