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

Cowell broke his back in multiple places while riding an e-bike in the courtyard of his Malibu, California home in 2020. — Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026

The camera quickly cut to Jordana riding piggyback on a band member. — Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026

Elmhurst Police Department The suspect was last seen fleeing the scene riding a black Segway-brand electric scooter with a headlight on, riding west on Vallette Street from York Street. — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026

Victoria’s Secret under CEO Hillary Super has doubled down on its authority as the go-to destination for bras and bra fittings—and recaptured some aughts nostalgia—riding that strategy to four consecutive quarters of growth. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026

The videos include convoys of young women on scooters riding through Tehran and other cities. — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026

Their hold on the top National League wild-card spot has been trimmed to just two games over the Philadelphia Phillies, who are riding an eight-game winning streak, though the Cubs have the season tiebreaker. — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

The stock built a base through October and November, then began one of the cleaner uptrends in the sector, riding the rising 50-day all the way through the winter. — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026

The 5-year-old son of Candy Ride is riding a three-race winning streak. — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026