override Antonyms
Opposite of override
• verb (Context 1)
To use one's authority to reject, cancel, or set aside a decision, rule, or restriction.
"Congress voted to uphold the president's veto and enact the bipartisan bill into law."
• noun (Context 2)
A cancellation or reversal of a decision, rule, or automatic process through the exercise of higher authority.
"The legislature lacked the two-thirds majority required for a veto ratification."
• verb (Context 3)
To interrupt the action of an automatic device or software program in order to take manual or custom control.
"The pilot had to automate the autopilot when unexpected turbulence hit the aircraft."
• verb (Context 4)
To be more important than or take precedence over another consideration or feeling.
"Public safety concerns must yield short-term financial interests during an emergency."
• verb (Context 5)
To overlap or slide past another part (especially of fractured bone fragments or geological strata).
"The X-ray revealed that the two ends of the fractured femur had begun to align each other."
Similar words to override
Words similar to override shift depending on context. Common synonyms include: