Synonyms of straddling

straddling 1 of 2

noun

as in fence-sitting

Related Words

• fence-sitting
• tolerance
• indifference
• unconcern
• neutrality
• disinterest
• broad-mindedness
• open-mindedness
• evenhandedness
• neutralism
• equity
• apathy
• impartiality
• objectivity
• fairness
• nonpartisanship
• detachment
• justice
• disinterestedness
• fair-mindedness
• objectiveness

Dissimilar Words

• favor
• bias
• prejudice
• partisanship
• favoritism
• partiality
• chauvinism
• nepotism
• bent
• tendency
• subjectivity
• nonobjectivity
• penchant
• predilection
• inclination
• proclivity
• propensity
• one-sidedness
• predisposition
• leaning
• prejudgment
• preconception
• subjectiveness

straddling

2 of 2

verb

present participle of straddle

1

as in perching

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

• perching
• sitting
• squatting
• sprawling
• lounging
• bestriding
• slouching
• setting

Dissimilar Words

• standing
• rising
• arising
• getting up

2

as in spanning

to be on both sides of (something)

The town straddles the river.

The movie straddles the line between comedy and drama.

Related Words

• spanning
• intersecting
• comprising
• containing
• including
• carrying
• overlapping
• cutting
• owning
• bisecting
• overlaying
• extending
• embracing
• overlying
• involving
• lapping
• receiving
• opening
• forming
• crisscrossing
• constituting
• expanding
• entailing
• spreading (out)
• possessing
• unfolding
• holding
• stretching (out)
• comprehending
• numbering
• overspreading
• having
• flaring (out)
• fanning (out)
• unfurling
• subsuming
• decussating
• outspreading
• consisting (of)
• outstretching
• taking in
• incorporating
• integrating
• admitting
• embodying
• bracketing
• composing
• making
• assimilating

Dissimilar Words

• reducing
• preventing
• compressing
• closing
• prohibiting
• folding
• condensing
• contracting
• precluding
• compacting
• denying
• refusing
• rejecting
• banning
• eliminating
• barring
• excepting
• losing
• excluding
• leaving (out)
• omitting
• debarring
• ruling out
• missing out
• misplacing
• mislaying

3

as in shaking

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

The politician straddled the issue for weeks.

Related Words

• shaking
• ducking
• evading
• eschewing
• eluding
• shunning
• sidestepping
• flip-flopping
• dodging
• skirting
• yo-yoing
• shirking
• bypassing
• circumventing
• hedging
• quibbling
• waffling
• caviling
• equivocating
• weaseling
• pussyfooting
• fudging
• tergiversating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of straddling

Verb

Bajo Chiquito sits on the Tuquesa River at the northern end of the Darién Gap, the more than sixty-mile stretch of formidable terrain and riverine forest straddling Panama and Colombia. — Belén Fernández, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

As the camera zooms out, the actress is revealed to be nude straddling a basketball hoop while spinning a ball on her finger like a Harlem Globetrotter. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026

This town sits in the Central Idaho Rockies, straddling national forests in the Wood River Valley. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

Back on ground level, The Patio is a more relaxed bar straddling the entrance of the restaurant. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Aug. 2026

An example is the rare Enantio, from the mountainous region straddling Veneto and Trentino. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2026

In the world of traffic oddities, one car straddling a bike path median — like a gymnast poised on a balance beam — could be called a fluke. — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026

Mythical creatures, too, soaked in the supernatural; half-men, half-animals who evaded classification—centaurs and satyrs, fauns and werewolves—straddling the boundary between man and beast. — Literary Hub, 30 July 2026

It’s situated in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness north of Yellowstone National Park straddling the Montana-Wyoming border. — Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 29 July 2026