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:
   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:
   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. 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.

2. Todd McLemoretold:

   Apparently, some spectators were very vocal towards the umpire calls in favor of Blue Ridge and it just got louder and louder. kingsport TN MMA, wait a minute I mean softball.

3. Environment Canada:

   An exceptionally strong ridge of high pressure will develop over British Columbia likely resulting in record breaking temperatures, the duration of this heat wave is concerning as there is little relief at night with elevated overnight temperatures.

4. Randy Serraglio:

   It takes years to plan and implement a project like this, but when you look up on the ridge top in the dawn light and see the silhouette of a bighorn against the morning sky, it makes it all worthwhile.

5. Mary Parenteau:

   This work may support a renewed interest in sampling ancient iron deposits on Earth (e.g., Precambrian iron formations) to search for evidence of microbial life, regardless of their low organic carbon content, and may support analysis of organics in iron deposits on Mars, such as Hematite Ridge in Gale Crater.