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Synonyms & Antonyms of overriding
(Entry 1 of 2)
coming before all others in importance
- the overriding question is how we will pay for this hurricane cleanup
Synonyms for overriding
- arch,
- big,
- capital,
- cardinal,
- central,
- chief,
- dominant,
- first,
- foremost,
- grand,
- great,
- greatest,
- highest,
- key,
- leading,
- main,
- master,
- number one
- (also No. 1),
- numero uno,
- overbearing,
- overmastering,
- paramount,
- predominant,
- preeminent,
- premier,
- primal,
- primary,
- principal,
- prior,
- sovereign
- (also sovran),
- supreme
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Antonyms for overriding
overriding
verbpresent participle of override
Synonyms & Antonyms of overriding (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to make (something) no longer valid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.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for overriding
- abating,
- abolishing,
- abrogating,
- annulling,
- avoiding,
- canceling
- (or cancelling),
- disannulling,
- dissolving,
- invalidating,
- negating,
- nullifying,
- nulling,
- quashing,
- repealing,
- rescinding,
- rolling back,
- striking down,
- vacating,
- voiding
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for overriding
- allowing,
- approving,
- authorizing,
- clearing,
- endorsing
- (also indorsing),
- permitting,
- sanctioning,
- warranting
2
to knock down and drive over
- They overrode the picket fence with their pickup in a hasty but effective escape.
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The first known use of overriding was in 1830
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