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Synonyms for ride

Most common

tantalize sit lift depend float

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Noun

1. Fuck — an act of sexual intercourse

hump, cop, bang, shag, fuck vulgar

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.

    I ride to work every day and park the bike outside the office.

  2. n. 1

    An act of sexual intercourse.

    I gave my boyfriend a ride before breakfast.

Forms

Plural
rides → humps, cops, bangs, shags…
Past participle
ridden
e.g. ridden → teased, rallied, nagged, ragged…

Choose the right word

or Ride?

Many good authorities prefer to use ride in the older and broader sense as signifying to be supported and borne along by any means of conveyance.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • sit Mary will sit still and look at the sea for hours.
  • lift Tom said the box was too heavy to lift by himself.
  • depend You cannot depend on his support for your project.
  • float It's possible for a ball of lead to float on water.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
riderising
tantalizerising
sitrising
liftsteady
dependfalling
floatsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
sit1, cop1, cod1, rag1, nag1
4 letters
fuck1, lift1, bang1, bait1, hump1, shag1, twit, razz
5 letters
drive1, mount1, rally2, float1, tease1, taunt1
6 letters
handle2, depend2, anchor2, airing2, stroll1
9 letters
tantalize3, tantalise

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rally2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
chevaucher
Italiano
cavalcare