COUNTERMANDS Synonyms: 157 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of countermand

as in overturns

formal to cancel (an order) especially by giving a new order Orders to blow up the bridge were countermanded.

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noun

plural of countermand

as in overrides

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The decision overturns a Tennessee federal district court ruling that sided with Kalshi, and reaffirms a decision by a federal district court in Ohio that sided with the states’ argument.

— Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Trump has said construction will not move forward unless a federal appeals court overturns a ruling blocking efforts to put his name on the building.

— Mike Stunson, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of overturns

Noun

Organizations must also monitor output quality by risk, human overrides, false results, escalation volume, complaints, model drift and performance across employee groups.

— Michael Tyrimos, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026
But over the past few months, investors have started questioning whether valuations have run ahead of the defense industry's ability to ramp up, amid ever-growing order books in an industry known for delays and cost overrides.

— Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of overrides

Noun

Justifying the use of force on their campuses, schools primarily deferred to just this idea of protocol, citing arcane policy mandates to disband encampments and occupations so that academic production could resume its flow.

— Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Enforcing rigid standards prematurely—as early Space Development Agency (SDA) mandates demonstrated—can freeze sub-optimal designs and throttle rapid tech iteration.

— Rohit Jha, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of mandates

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This amendment reverses that; if the City Council doesn’t get to an amendment within 75 days, it’s automatically approved.

— Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Set beneath a gorgeous sun at what may either be dawn or dusk, this sea occasionally stutters and reverses before continuing to roll all over again.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of reverses

Noun

Gabriel’s Law passes after long fight by Lackey Newsom’s weekend of bill signings and vetoes was far from pure bad news for Lackey, however.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
The proposal was defeated by a vote of 11-2, with Somalia and Pakistan abstaining, because of the Russian and Chinese vetoes.

— September 18, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of vetoes

Noun

The push is the strongest effort yet to establish federal rules for college athletics and regulate athlete compensation after years of negotiations and tumult.

— Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 29 Sep. 2026
Environmental groups estimate now, without stricter standards, cars could produce 22,111 more tons of carbon dioxide per year than under the Biden-era rules in 2035.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of rules

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When vulnerabilities are found in shims, Microsoft revokes them.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2026
The Netherlands is the only EU country that automatically revokes the citizenship of its nationals in the event of gaining dual nationality with a non-EU country.

— Colin Millar, New York Times, 1 May 2026

Definition of revokes

Noun

In agreeing to hear the pair of cases, the justices did not disturb the lower court rulings that blocked the repeals for now.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
The trash and parking fee repeals might be uniquely attractive to a broad swath of San Diegans in a way that may not translate to competitive bidding changes or even pension reform.

— Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026

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