Synonyms for RIDGE
rɪdʒridge

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.3 / 4 votes

1. ridgenoun

   a long narrow natural elevation or striation

   Synonyms:
   ridgeline, rooftree, ridgepole

2. ridgenoun

   any long raised strip

   Synonyms:
   ridgeline, rooftree, ridgepole

3. ridgenoun

   a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean

   Synonyms:
   ridgeline, rooftree, ridgepole

4. ridge, ridgelinenoun

   a long narrow range of hills

   Synonyms:
   ridge, ridgeline, rooftree, ridgepole

5. ridgenoun

   any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane

   Synonyms:
   ridgeline, rooftree, ridgepole

6. ridge, ridgepole, rooftreeverb

   a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters

   Synonyms:
   ridge, ridgeline, rooftree, ridgepole

7. ridgeverb

   extend in ridges

   "The land ridges towards the South"

8. ridgeverb

   plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip

9. ridgeverb

   throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides

   "He ridged his corn"

10. ridgeverb

    spade into alternate ridges and troughs

    "ridge the soil"

11. ridgeverb

    form into a ridge

Matched Categories

1. • Convex Shape
   • Extend
   • Farming
   • Form
   • Geological Formation
   • Natural Elevation
   • Plough
   • Process
   • Spade
   • Throw

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. ridgenoun

   Synonyms:
   extended elevation

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. ridgenoun

   Synonyms:
   crest, whelk

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "ridge":

   crête, crest, peak, dorsal, ling, leng, spike, cornice, cristae, papillary

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1. Nick Cowie:

   There were two base jumpers, we don’t know the guys, just as we got to the top and start of the Aonach Eagach ridge we heard the first parachute deploy and saw them, i was blown away really, it’s such a sharp drop and narrow gully, no margin for error. My heart was in my mouth when he jumped and we were elated to see him sail off into the distance.

2. President Barack Obama:

   It's not enough to celebrate the ideals that we're built on, liberty and justice and equality for all. Those just can't be words on paper, the work of every generation is to make those words mean something, concrete in the lives of our children. And we won't get there as long as kids in Baltimore or Ferguson or New York or Appalachia or the Mississippi delta or the Pine Ridge reservation believe that their lives are somehow worthless.

3. Breanna Martinez:

   I scrolled down and the very first post was a picture of his two sons and behind him was the lake — Lake Berryessa, and it just said, ‘Hiking the Blue Ridge Trail today.’.

4. Edward Whitaker:

   Luckily one was exercising so I grabbed the rider and asked if I could do the picture. I was lying underneath this ridge, shooting up at the sky and just waiting for it to walk by.

5. National Weather Service:

   The center of the upper ridge looks to be situated over Kansas during the weekend ensuring the return of triple-digit heat to many areas.