Synonyms of overrode

overrode

verb

past tense of override

1

as in vetoed

to make (something) no longer valid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

• vetoed
• withdrew
• overruled
• suspended
• canceled
• retracted
• dismissed
• rejected
• voided
• repealed
• reversed
• overturned
• nullified
• countermanded
• invalidated
• avoided
• rescinded
• quashed
• abolished
• negated
• abrogated
• recalled
• dissolved
• annulled
• vacated
• revoked
• abated
• aborted
• struck down
• rolled back
• forbade
• erased
• prohibited
• nulled
• removed
• called off
• called
• dropped
• outlawed
• enjoined
• banned
• eliminated
• disallowed
• disannulled
• eradicated
• annihilated
• liquidated
• threw out
• broke down
• wrote off

Dissimilar Words

• approved
• authorized
• permitted
• allowed
• passed
• endorsed
• warranted
• sanctioned
• cleared
• ratified
• enacted
• established
• instituted
• founded
• laid down
• ordered
• prescribed
• validated
• decreed
• legislated
• mandated
• commanded
• legitimized
• formalized
• legalized
• legitimated

2

as in stamped

to knock down and drive over

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

Related Words

• stamped
• kicked
• smashed
• stepped (on)
• stomped
• ran over
• ran down
• trampled
• squelched
• squashed
• tramped
• champed
• booted
• mashed
• tromped
• pulped
• hoofed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of overrode

Beshear vetoed the 2021 and 2024 changes, but Republican lawmakers overrode him. — Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Tesla has disputed those claims, saying the driver manually overrode the system by pressing the accelerator. — Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 29 June 2026

Days later, Congress overrode the veto. — Nik Popli, Time, 8 June 2026

The House of Representatives again overrode Republican leaders to pass a bill that would authorize billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine and impose sanctions on Russia. — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 5 June 2026

This time Reynolds and other conservatives convinced Reagan to veto the initial legislation reversing the decision, but Congress overrode his veto, with support from nearly half of Senate Republicans. — Ronald Brownstein, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2026

President Wilson put up a fight, but the lawmakers overrode his veto, and that was that. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Mar. 2026

The company overrode those warnings for commercial reasons. — Carolina Rossini, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026

Rauner vetoed it, but the House and Senate overrode him. — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026