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See definition of bestriding on Dictionary.com
  • as inmount
  • as instraddle
  • as intower above
  • as indominate

synonyms for bestriding

  • arise
  • escalate
  • go up
  • rise
  • soar
  • ascend
  • back
  • bestride
  • escalade
  • lift
  • scale
  • tower
  • up
  • vault
  • clamber up
  • climb onto
  • climb up on
  • get astride
  • get up on
  • jump on
On this page you'll find 61 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to bestriding, such as: arise, escalate, go up, rise, soar, and ascend.

antonyms for bestriding

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  • decrease
  • lessen
  • lower
  • descend
  • alight
  • decline
  • dismount
  • drop
  • fall
  • slump
  • subside
  • unfix
      • follow
      • go along
      • submit
      • surrender
      • yield
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      How to use bestriding in a sentence

      There are still a half-score of the water-horses attached, but now in tow astern, and with no one bestriding them.
      THE VEE-BOERSMAYNE REID
      She saw him, tipsy and triumphant, bestriding the festal table, and yelling with horrid laughter!
      BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, VOLUME IIVARIOUS
      He and myself mounted his two best horses, whilst his sons were bestriding others of inferior quality.
      AUDUBON AND HIS JOURNALS, VOL. 2MARIA R. AUDUBON
      Accordingly, bestriding our animals again, we ford the river at that point where a bridge once stood.
      BIBLE ANIMALS;J. G. WOOD
      I shouldn't like to be a 'lady,' one that's always pictured as bestriding a broomstick.
      DOROTHY AT SKYRIEEVELYN RAYMOND
      Caleb rode his camel with a swagger, as though he were bestriding his Sabæan mare.
      THE TOURLOUIS COUPERUS
      In the center of the square, bestriding a white horse, sat a stately figure, dressed all in white armor.
      KISINGTON TOWNABBIE FARWELL BROWN
      I discovered my regiment bivouacked in a meadow near a stone culvert bestriding a large ditch full of water.
      'NEATH VERDUN, AUGUST-OCTOBER, 1914MAURICE GENEVOIX
      Sarah kissed me on the cheek; and I left, bestriding my horse at the gate, and riding through the darkness to my hut.
      CHILDREN OF THE MARKET PLACEEDGAR LEE MASTERS
      The mild-mannered Charles was greatly pleased with the fine portrait of himself bestriding the prancing cream-colored charger.
      LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF THE GREAT, VOLUME 4 (OF 14)ELBERT HUBBARD
      SYNONYM OF THE DAY
      OCTOBER 26, 1985
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