ride

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of RIDE

to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults <that supervisor is always riding everyone for every little thing>

Synonyms bait, hassle, haze, heckle, needle, ride, taunt

to make fun of in a good-natured way <his wife couldn't resist riding him for forgetting his own birthday>

Synonyms chaff, jive, joke, josh, kid, rally, razz, rib, ride, roast

Related Words banter; fool, fun, string along; jest, quip, wisecrack; gag, jape, jolly, yuk (or yuck) [slang]

to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air <a condor riding high in the sky>

Synonyms drift, glide, hang, hover, poise, ride, sail, swim, waft

Related Words bob, dangle, suspend; buoy; balloon, raft

Near Antonyms dive, lunge, plunge; dip, immerse, submerge, submerse

Antonyms settle, sink

to be determined by, based on, or subject (to) <our plan for the party rides on whether he can come>

Synonyms hang, hinge, ride, turn

Related Words base, establish, found, rest, stay; ground

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