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to make (something) no longer valid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• repealed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• rescinded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

The jury that convicted Lee of capital murder voted 7-5 to recommend a sentence of life without parole, but the trial judge overrode them and sentenced him to death. — CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

Beshear vetoed that bill, which included a provision to reinstate tighter spending controls, but the legislature overrode his veto. — Alex Acquisto, ProPublica, 30 July 2026

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