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overriding
Synonyms and Antonyms of overriding
- the overriding question is how we will pay for this hurricane cleanup
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
Synonyms and Antonyms of overriding
- 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.
countermanding, overruling, overturning, vetoing
abating, abolishing, abrogating, annulling, avoiding, canceling (or cancelling), disannulling, dissolving, invalidating, negating, nullifying, nulling, quashing, repealing, rescinding, rolling back, striking down, vacating, voiding
aborting, calling, calling off, dropping, recalling, retracting, reversing, revoking, suspending, withdrawing
banning, enjoining, forbidding, outlawing, prohibiting
disallowing, dismissing, rejecting
annihilating, breaking down, eliminating, eradicating, erasing, liquidating, removing, throwing out, writing off
- They overrode the picket fence with their pickup in a hasty but effective escape.
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