OVERRODE Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

overrode

verb

past tense of override

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to make (something) no longer valid Don't let the anticipatory anxiety override your excitement about starting grad school.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.

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as in stamped

to knock down and drive over They overrode the picket fence with their pickup in a hasty but effective escape.

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Recent Examples of overrode 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 Parker told Fox News Digital that FBI agents worked with Department of Defense contractors in foreign countries to screen Afghans, but the State Department repeatedly overrode security concerns. —

Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 27 Nov. 2025 Local leaders said the last shutdown showdown left the District with a roughly $1 billion budget hole after Congress overrode its local spending plans. —

Aris Folley, The Hill, 24 Aug. 2025

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Coolidge dramatically lowered Taxes, slashed Federal spending, 1maintained high Tariffs, cut the National Debt, vetoed large spending bills, and even ran a Federal budget surplus.

— New York Times, New York Times, 11 June 2026
Her bill directing the state Publicity and Parks Commission to develop a plan to create a Louisiana Purchase State Park passed but was vetoed by Rockefeller.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 June 2026