rideshare

noun

ride·​share ˈrīd-ˌsher 

variants or less commonly ride-share or ride share

plural rideshares also ride-shares or ride shares

1

: a service or network through which ride-sharing trips are arranged

Talk of imposed regulations on the popular rideshares such as Lyft and Uber has fueled debate among the Seattle community.

—University Wire (Carlsbad)

a rideshare company

rideshare apps

2

: an automobile trip that is arranged by means of ride-sharing

Riders from low-frequency transit areas who book subsidized trips that require both a bus ride and a rideshare will soon be able to do that in one step in the agency's app …

—Chris Tisch and Caitlin Johnston

3

: a private automobile used for a ride-sharing trip

Revelers arrive in sports cars and ride-shares several nights a week …

—Patricia Mazzei

compare taxicab

Examples of rideshare in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The deputies arrested the man anyway and gave him a rideshare straight to the Polk County jail. —Mark Price, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025

The rideshare arrangement between SPHEREx and PUNCH is part of NASA's Launch Services Program, meant to pair missions and launch services together to maximize project budgets and reduce the need to purchase multiple launch vehicles. —Josh Dinner, Space.com, 5 Mar. 2025

Similar rideshare programs already have been established in neighboring Palo Alto, Cupertino and Milpitas. —Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025

In the cooler months, that desert air is cold enough to chill you to the bone while waiting for a rideshare, and even in the summer, the inside spaces can be so over-air conditioned. —Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for rideshare

• aftercare
• anywhere
• billionaire
• chinaware
• debonair
• dinnerware
• disrepair
• doctrinaire
• earthenware
• everywhere
• frigidaire
• kitchenware