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ride has 19 distinct synonyms spread across 6 of its 16 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is walk.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
continue undisturbed and without interference
“Let it ride”
move like a floating object
“The moon rode high in the night sky”
be sustained or supported or borne
“His glasses rode high on his nose”
lie moored or anchored
“Ship rides at anchor”
sit on and control a vehicle
“He rides his bicycle to work every day”
climb up on the body
“Shorts that ride up”
ride over, along, or through
“Ride the freeways of California”
keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot
“Don't ride the clutch!”
a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for ride come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.