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

Imagine everything that followed Michigan’s loss to Ohio State was a bad dream and Kyle Whittingham never rode his Harley-Davidson into the Big House. — Austin Meek, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Three shooters unloaded 18 rounds at the black Escalade in which Robinson rode with his cousin and the intended target — Tyquian Bowman, a rapper known as Quando Rondo. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Meir, meanwhile, rode one end of the Canadarm2 robotic arm to a site near the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), torquing 46 bolts in preparation for future maintenance of the particle physics detector. — Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026

All but one happened between June and mid-September as people sat under a tree in a park, swam at the beach and rode bikes through a neighborhood. — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

After the attack, the officer rushed to the crime scene and rode with Shakur to the hospital. — Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026

For almost two days, Ortiz and Simon rode the rails, traveling south and west to Carcassonne. — Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026

The two ended up walking away laughing, and Luiz’s grin rode right into the next conversation, drill or interaction with anyone on the field. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026

The employees attended Vance's speech at the steel plant, where his grandfather worked as a welder for nearly 40 years, and rode in the vice president's motorcade. — Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2026