Synonyms of straddled

straddled

verb

past tense of straddle

1

as in perched

to be in or move into a seated or standing position with your legs on either side of (something)

She straddled the horse and waited for her riding partner to mount.

Related Words

• perched
• squatted
• sat
• sprawled
• slouched
• lounged
• bestrode
• set

Dissimilar Words

• stood
• rose
• arose
• got up

2

as in spanned

to be on both sides of (something)

The town straddles the river.

The movie straddles the line between comedy and drama.

Related Words

• spanned
• intersected
• comprised
• carried
• contained
• included
• overlapped
• owned
• cut
• crisscrossed
• overlaid
• bisected
• lapped
• embraced
• opened
• extended
• constituted
• received
• involved
• unfurled
• outstretched
• formed
• overlay
• subsumed
• stretched (out)
• entailed
• expanded
• spread (out)
• unfolded
• numbered
• possessed
• fanned (out)
• flared (out)
• overspread
• held
• comprehended
• consisted (of)
• bracketed
• had
• outspread
• took in
• decussated
• admitted
• composed
• embodied
• integrated
• incorporated
• made
• assimilated

Dissimilar Words

• reduced
• closed
• folded
• compressed
• prevented
• contracted
• precluded
• prohibited
• denied
• condensed
• refused
• barred
• rejected
• compacted
• banned
• eliminated
• lost
• left (out)
• excluded
• excepted
• debarred
• ruled out
• omitted
• misplaced
• missed out
• mislaid

3

as in shook

to agree with or seem to agree with two opposite sides of (something)

The politician straddled the issue for weeks.

Related Words

• shook
• ducked
• evaded
• eschewed
• eluded
• shunned
• sidestepped
• flip-flopped
• yo-yoed
• dodged
• skirted
• shirked
• bypassed
• circumvented
• caviled
• hedged
• quibbled
• equivocated
• waffled
• weaseled
• pussyfooted
• fudged
• tergiversated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of straddled

Baez threw the driver on the ground, straddled him and pressed a gun to his back. — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 12 June 2026

Pelosi then straddled the gator’s tail and got on top of the animal while the officer continued to restrain in the front, the video showed. — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2026

Throughout much of his career, Bruno Mars has straddled the line between pop and R&B. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026

Then came last year’s The Most Dear and The Future, a slender collection of tracks that straddled a line between pop, ambient, folk, and dance with an air of rustic mysticism that seemed to travel through music circles like gossip bursting from localized containment. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2026

The song's music video, filmed on the USS Missouri, was the first ever to be banned from MTV, because the superstar straddled a cannon on the battleship and also wore a barely-there, now-iconic leotard. — Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 20 May 2026

Her husband then climbed on top of her and straddled her with his legs across her waist. — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026

Another is the rise in millennials, straddled by student loan debt and lower wages than their parents, moving out later or moving back home after school. — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 3 Mar. 2026

Norway's Atle Lie McGrath, the first-run leader, straddled a gate and was out. — ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026