Synonyms of overrides

overrides 1 of 2

noun

plural of override

as in vetoes

the doing away with something by formal action

Citizens are advocating for a congressional override of the president's proposal.

Related Words

• vetoes
• repeals
• cancelations
• invalidations
• reversals
• overturns
• avoidances
• countermands
• abolitions
• cancellations
• suspensions
• prohibitions
• withdrawals
• nullifications
• abortions
• negations
• abrogations
• annulments
• rejections
• abolishments
• rescindments
• defeasances
• dismissals
• recalls
• revocations
• abatements
• retractions
• dissolutions
• eliminations
• removals
• disallowances
• liquidations
• forbiddances
• erasures
• eradications

Dissimilar Words

• permissions
• authorizations
• approvals
• ratifications
• clearances
• indorsements
• endorsements
• enactments
• legislations
• institutions
• passings
• validations
• establishments
• legitimations
• legitimizations
• formalizations
• legalizations

overrides

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of override

1

as in cancels

to make (something) no longer valid

Don't let the anticipatory anxiety override your excitement about starting grad school.

Upper management reserves the right to override any decisions made by supervisors.

Related Words

• vetoes
• cancels
• suspends
• withdraws
• overrules
• retracts
• dismisses
• invalidates
• rejects
• reverses
• nullifies
• overturns
• repeals
• avoids
• negates
• voids
• abolishes
• abrogates
• rescinds
• countermands
• dissolves
• revokes
• quashes
• recalls
• annuls
• aborts
• nulls
• erases
• strikes down
• vacates
• forbids
• prohibits
• abates
• rolls back
• removes
• disallows
• bans
• eliminates
• enjoins
• calls
• disannuls
• calls off
• drops
• outlaws
• eradicates
• annihilates
• liquidates
• breaks down
• throws out
• writes off

Dissimilar Words

• allows
• permits
• authorizes
• approves
• endorses
• passes
• warrants
• clears
• establishes
• sanctions
• enacts
• lays down
• ratifies
• indorses
• institutes
• validates
• founds
• prescribes
• orders
• legislates
• commands
• mandates
• decrees
• legitimizes
• legitimates
• formalizes
• legalizes

2

as in kicks

to knock down and drive over

They overrode the picket fence with their pickup in a hasty but effective escape.

Related Words

• kicks
• smashes
• stamps
• steps (on)
• runs over
• runs down
• tramples
• stomps
• champs
• squashes
• squelches
• mashes
• boots
• tramps
• hoofs
• pulps
• tromps

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of overrides

Noun

Some contracts restrict agents' flexibility, cut their overrides or tether them to systems that don't support their style of working. —Angela Palo, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025

Verb

In short, the right to be yourself rarely overrides your obligations to others. —Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025

Both are very valuable, but my mind often overrides intuition or the nature of what my body knows, its somatic intelligence. —Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 4 Sep. 2025

However, the study pointed out that allowing AI to provide evaluation scores to recruiters overrides human hiring decisions, influencing job acceptance rates and worker productivity. —Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025

To accomplish this, his proposal expressly overrides the entire State Constitution. —Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025

Walpin is a short man who wears thick, recently acquired sideburns and has a rapid-fire delivery that overrides replies. —Nicholas Pileggi, Curbed, 15 Aug. 2025

In Jewish tradition, pikuach nefesh — the obligation to preserve life — overrides nearly all else. —N. Goldberg, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2025

Its view of what the law permits is binding on other agencies and officials unless the attorney general overrides the office or the president opts not to take its advice. —Charlie Savage, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025

That same idea overrides the exhibition as a whole. —Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 17 Mar. 2025