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

Her youngest rode bikes with some friends in the neighborhood and asked his mom to schedule playdates. — Taylor Galgano, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026

All this Hollywood bashing feels a little odd coming from a party whose leader rode 14 seasons of reality show fame to the White House. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026

Baltimore Ravens players joined the President at one rally in Pennsylvania and even rode in his motorcade with him. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Prosecutors said Navarrete then put on a mask and gloves and rode a kick-scooter to his parents’ home, before entering through a side gate to avoid a front porch doorbell camera. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026

The dispute could present a problem for Raman, who rode DSA support to an upset City Council victory in 2020 but has since frustrated some DSA members with her positions on policing, housing development, and Israel. — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026

Blakeman rode the subway on Monday, and, following the weekend fatal shooting inside a station in Manhattan, took Hochul to task on subway crime. — Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2026

Borrowing an old tuxedo from a local woman whose husband had died, Baldwin rode onto the field on the back of a Carolina ram at the next home game, and a legend was born. — Katie Riley, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2026

Erica Billups said her son and daughter rode Goliath about an hour before Kariem’s death and encountered a problem with the restraint on one seat. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026