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
• tried
• annoyed
• got
• taunted
• bothered
• irritated
• grated
• baited
• heckled
• picked on
• mocked
• needled
• hassled
• hazed
• jibed
• tested
• derided
• made game of
• jeered
• pestered
• ridiculed
• griped
• goaded
• chafed
• gibed
• itched
• burned (up)
• ruffled
• hounded
• galled
• fretted
• riled
• bugged
• put out
• hacked (off)
• nagged
• burnt (up)
• exasperated
• nettled
• perturbed
• badgered
• troubled
• frosted
• vexed
• gnawed (at)
• irked
• aggravated
• rasped
• beleaguered
• peeved
• dogged
• bedeviled
• tortured
• plagued
• piqued
• terrorized
• spited
• harassed
• agitated
• disturbed
• narked
• bullied
• tormented
• discomforted
• hectored
• browbeat
• aggrieved
• vext
• hagrode
• persecuted
• 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
• yucked
• 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
• floated
• sailed
• swam
• hanged
• glided
• drifted
• hung
• poised
• wafted
• bobbed
• suspended
• dangled
• buoyed
• rafted
• ballooned

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• settled
• sank
• sunk
• plunged
• lunged
• dived
• dipped
• submerged
• immersed
• dove
• 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
• turned
• based
• hanged
• stayed
• rested
• hinged
• founded
• established
• grounded

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rode

Sylvester rode with her to drop Wole at the airport in Amarillo, later that morning. —David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025

Princess Lilibet and Prince Archie rode Rise of the Resistance, Radiator Springs Racers, Tiana’s Bayou Adventure and Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters with their parents during their visit in June. —Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025

The teen is accused of using a rope to tie an upside-down folding table to the back of his vehicle and then pulling that table through the parking lot while a male friend, also 17, rode on top of the table. —Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025

Mikha Diaz has been the Xenophon’s executive director since April 2024, rode horses a bit as a child, but got back into it more seriously when her daughter began riding seven years ago at age four. —Jane Tyska, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025

Terry Francona’s Bloop Troop rode the slash-and-dash attack to the ALDS in 2022. —Zack Meisel, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025

Police also found that Medeiros scheduled an Uber that a fifth victim, a 16-year-old, rode to his home. —Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 23 Sep. 2025

Read on to see pictures of the September 2025 partial solar eclipse captured as the sun rode low over New Zealand's eastern horizon, and be sure to check out our partial solar eclipse live blog for a recap of how the magnificent display of orbital mechanics unfolded on the day. —Anthony Wood, Space.com, 21 Sep. 2025

Led by All-NBA stars Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns, the Knicks rode a 51-31 record to the Eastern Conference Finals. —Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025