Synonyms of rode

rode

verb

variants or chiefly dialectal rid

past tense of ride

1

as in teased

to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults

that supervisor is always riding everyone for every little thing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• teased
• taunted
• mocked
• bothered
• baited
• heckled
• picked on
• ridiculed
• needled
• hassled
• hazed
• plagued
• annoyed
• tried
• tortured
• tested
• derided
• made game of
• jeered
• pestered
• got
• irritated
• griped
• goaded
• chafed
• gibed
• bullied
• troubled
• itched
• burned (up)
• badgered
• hounded
• ruffled
• galled
• fretted
• bugged
• riled
• put out
• hacked (off)
• nagged
• nettled
• perturbed
• frosted
• dogged
• aggravated
• harassed
• grated
• vexed
• gnawed (at)
• irked
• tormented
• rasped
• beleaguered
• peeved
• exasperated
• bedeviled
• disturbed
• spited
• piqued
• agitated
• terrorized
• narked
• hectored
• discomforted
• persecuted
• browbeat
• aggrieved
• hagrode
• harried

2

as in kidded

to make fun of in a good-natured way

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• teased
• kidded
• joked
• roasted
• rallied
• razzed
• ribbed
• chaffed
• jived
• joshed
• bantered
• goofed on
• took the mickey out of
• strung along
• jested
• fooled
• quipped
• funned
• wisecracked
• jollied
• yukked
• japed
• gagged

3

as in hovered

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

a condor riding high in the sky

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hovered
• sailed
• floated
• swam
• glided
• drifted
• hung
• bobbed
• wafted
• poised
• suspended
• dangled
• buoyed
• rafted
• ballooned

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• settled
• sank
• plunged
• lunged
• dived
• dipped
• submerged
• immersed
• submersed

4

as in depended

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

our plan for the party rides on whether he can come

Synonyms & Similar Words

• depended
• hung
• based
• turned
• stayed
• hinged
• founded
• rested
• established
• grounded

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rode

Six days after Guillen collapsed while exiting X2, Naomi Greer-Wilkinson rode the roller coaster. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

In Caracas, hundreds of activists in sky blue shirts — the color of Machado’s Vente Venezuela party — rode motorcycles and drove through the capital’s main avenues, honking their horns and waving Venezuelan flags. — Clyburn Saint John, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

Their album of the same name rode the Billboard 200 for two full years. — Paul Grein, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2026

After borrowing heavily in the 2010s to build its port and rail networks, Fortescue rode the commodity upswing. — Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026

Livingston rode into the Yellowstone Valley for the first time on May 11, 1987. — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 23 Sep. 2026

Kremlev rode a Harley Davidson and a Ducati, according to Proekt. — Michael Loria, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

On Blink’s tour for Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, which New Found were on, Chad rode on the bus with me and my wife a lot. — Mark Hoppus, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

He was carted off, towel over his head and emotional as trainers rode with him off the field. — Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026