STRADDLED Synonyms: 111 Similar and Opposite Words

straddled

verb

past tense of straddle

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.

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as in spanned

to be on both sides of (something) The town straddles the river. The movie straddles the line between comedy and drama.

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as in shook

to agree with or seem to agree with two opposite sides of (something) The politician straddled the issue for weeks.

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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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for straddled

Verb

One major bonus is the huge heated pool, perched in the ideal location for views across the city and out into the countryside.

— Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 23 July 2026
On Thursday morning, fat bees perched on black-and-blue sage flowers, and doves loudly fluttered from fruit tree to fruit tree.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of perched

Verb

Previously, the definition of a typical exchange transaction spanned a full transfer window.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 July 2026
There’s only a faint link between the two, reinforcing the idea that Neanderthals likely spanned an intelligence spectrum that was comparable to that of their human neighbors.

— Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 20 July 2026

Definition of spanned

Verb

There was some pink smoke at the start of the match from pyrotechnics, but the air eventually cleared as the action heated up and players from both teams shook off the rust from the long layoff.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
After a while Bill came out, shook my hand and beckoned me over to his Capri to take me for my medical down near the docks.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Definition of shook

Verb

Police said Alston and her boyfriend, Halley Tejada, gained access to the Kips Bay apartment Vitels had just moved into on 31st Street and squatted there for two days.

— Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 26 June 2026
Making a place known Just before noon the following day, Susan Washko squatted over a white plastic tub beside the stream that runs through Fiftymile Canyon.

— Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 7 June 2026

Definition of squatted

Verb

According to Hisham el-Leithy, secretary general of the SCA, the city was built around wide north-south roads intersected by east-west streets, creating open public spaces.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 6 July 2026
The unearthed quarters included north-south thoroughfares intersected by east-west streets, forming open squares and public spaces, said Hisham el-Leithy, secretary general of the supreme council of antiquities.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026

Definition of intersected

Verb

Attendees instinctively ducked under tables and chairs, not knowing what had just happened.

— Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
Making it through the growing phase, having ducked and dodged blight, hornworms, blossom end rot, and all the other problems a tomato plant might run into can feel like a success of its own.

— Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano, The Spruce, 17 July 2026

Definition of ducked

Verb

Levi Jones, a 33-year-old business owner, pulled up to Sacred Eye Tattoos in Hollywood last week and sat for eight hours getting a photorealistic black-and-white portrait of Mangione on his leg.

— Amanda Rosa, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
The birthday boy and his big sister Sterling Skye, 3, each sat between one of their parents’ laps.

— Angel Saunders, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024