OVERRIDE Synonyms: 150 Similar and Opposite Words

override 1 of 2

noun

Definition of override

as in veto

the doing away with something by formal action Citizens are advocating for a congressional override of the president's proposal.

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to make (something) no longer valid Don't let the anticipatory anxiety override your excitement about starting grad school.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

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

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Noun

Simulate the itinerary, then shadow real, messy trips with human override before full autonomy. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 Judges could override life or death verdicts with judicial override, the report said, but in 92% of overrides Alabama judges imposed the death penalty. — Nina Giraldo, CNN Money, 9 June 2026

Verb

The teams seeing the strongest results build feedback loops into workflows so overrides and corrections sharpen future recommendations. — Ahsan Shah, Forbes.com, 1 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 See All Example Sentences for override

Recent Examples of Synonyms for override

Noun

Others became law without Kelly’s signature or were enacted over her veto by Republicans in the House and Senate.

— Matthew Kelly July 1, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
DeSantis’ vetoes carved roughly $800 million from the $115 billion state budget the Legislature passed in May, including 140 projects requested by Miami-Dade lawmakers that are worth nearly $88 million, according to a Miami Herald analysis.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026

Definition of veto

Verb

Don’t miss the park’s Canopy Walkway, which includes a 100-foot expanse suspended 25 feet in the air that travels through the treetops and a 74-foot tower that offers a literal bird’s-eye view of the expansive park.

— Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 30 June 2026
Democrats have also increased taxes on businesses, paid for programs out of other funds and suspended reserve deposits among other solutions.

— Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026

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Walton Goggins saved Wilde from being run over by a stampede of horses on the set of Cowboys & Aliens.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 30 June 2026
Video taken from the news station’s helicopter was shared to X, showing a white Model X Tesla that had run over a curb and slammed into a shopping center near Target and Urbane Cafe, a restaurant with outdoor seating.

— Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026

Definition of run over

Noun

For defenders, a subsidy regime this complex is vulnerable not only to broad repeal, but to administrative friction.

— Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
This White House championed the repeal, enacted by Republican majorities in Congress, of the Inflation Reduction Act’s tax credits for EVs and continues to treat EVs as a fringe product.

— Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 26 June 2026

Definition of repeal

Verb

As aides at the Capitol were actively building a stage for the celebratory event, meant to communicate a big cost-of-living win to voters, the president abruptly canceled it.

— Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 2 July 2026
The city council voting against a recommendation by its fire marshal to cancel the display.

— Chierstin Roth, CBS News, 2 July 2026

Definition of cancel

Verb

The Marlins smashed 12 home runs against the A’s, their most ever in a three-game series.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026
Djokovic became so frustrated that he was given a code violation warning for smashing a racket, before eventually hauling himself over the line.

— Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 5 July 2026

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