STRADDLES Synonyms: 110 Similar and Opposite Words

straddles

verb

present tense third-person singular of straddle

as in perches

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 spans

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 shakes

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 straddles Gallup-McKinley, a sprawling district twice the size of Delaware, straddles part of the Navajo Nation and has the largest Native American student population of any public school district in the country. — Bryant Furlow, ProPublica, 13 July 2026 In January the city annexed Knox Ranch, which straddles Meadow Road. — Mary Ella Hastings updated July 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2026 That would be something that straddles all players across the payroll spectrum. — Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 Morningside Village, a roughly 50,000-square-foot collection of buildings that straddles North Highland Avenue, will receive new lighting, landscaping, paint, awnings and artist murals, according to property owner 26th Street Partners. — Amy Wenk, AJC.com, 6 July 2026 Saarbrücken, the tidy state capital, straddles the Saar River. — Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2026 Around Lake Tahoe, which straddles California and Nevada, several businesses reported spotting more visitors driving in from cities along the West Coast. — Mae Anderson, Fortune, 5 July 2026 Online editor and former reality star Esmerelda Grand (Sabrina Impacciatore) straddles the line between nutty coworker and buffoonish cartoon. — Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 2 July 2026 The coastal Broward County 100th House district straddles Federal Highway from the south end of Fort Lauderdale north to the Palm Beach County line. — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2026

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Verb

Head to Stoos, which perches on a plateau at the base of the Fronalpstock in central Switzerland.

— Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2026
Live streams from entertainment events like the Grammys or Golden Globes aren’t typically perches for controversy, but, says Anthony McCartney, AP’s entertainment and lifestyles editor, celebrities will sometimes be asked to weigh in on recent headlines.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 Mar. 2026

Definition of perches

Verb

Dollar Tree quietly stocks shelf-stable protein shakes, protein bars and cheese sticks that can round out a breakfast or refuel a busy afternoon without straining a tight budget.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson July 16, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026
Shelf-stable protein shakes worth stocking Shelf-stable protein shakes are one of the easiest ways to add protein to a busy day, and Dollar Tree carries a couple of options that don’t require refrigeration until opened.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson July 16, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

Definition of shakes

Verb

Many travelers know it for its waterfall, but the real beauty is in the way the community sits between mountains, beaches, farms, and everyday Dominican life.

— Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
Peter the Great’s dream The Sea of Azov is an inland sea that sits between the southern shores of Ukraine and Russia, a kind of an appendix to the bigger Black Sea.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 15 July 2026

Definition of sits

Verb

If the path of the comet intersects with Earth’s orbit, the Earth will collide with these debris fields in its yearly orbit around the Sun.

— Adam Lark, Scientific American, 28 June 2026
That answer matters because audiences have become increasingly skeptical whenever patriotism intersects with marketing.

— Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026

Definition of intersects

Verb

In the video, the subject ducks his head in the opposite direction of the doorbell camera.

— Michael Ruiz , Adam Sabes , Christina Dugan Ramirez , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Julia Bonavita , Peter D'Abrosca , Alexandra Koch , Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 3 Feb. 2026
The sun ducks down and sets Conejo Mountain against warm pinks and purples, transforming the ridgeline into an epic silhouette.

— Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025

Definition of ducks

Verb

Open side windows offer a panoramic view of farmland that sprawls in all directions.

— Midwest Living, Midwest Living, 6 July 2026
In a place where many homes lean into glass, driftwood tones and a conventional layout, this one sprawls like a resort, with sleeping quarters separated into individual pavilion-like structures.

— David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2026

Definition of sprawls

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This skin-crawling faux-documentary concerns a prolific New York serial killer who evades capture despite recording his brazen crimes.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
However, Noussair Mazraoui evades Casemiro’s challenge far too easily before Bilal El Khannouss releases Achraf Hakimi on the far side.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 6 July 2026