override

1. 1.

   a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device

   Broaderdevice
2. 2.

   the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something

   Synonymsnullification

   Broaderchange of state

   Narrowercancellationvitiationneutralization

Other forms of override

plural

overrides·

past tense or participle

overridden

past tense or participle

overrode

present participle

overriding·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about override

What does override mean?

override means "rule against". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in override?

override has 3 syllables: o-ver-ride. The stress falls on "o". In IPA it is /ˈoʊvɚˌɹaɪd/.

What is another word for override?

Close synonyms include overrule, overturn, overthrow, reverse, nullification. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is override a common word?

override is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with override?

4 words rhyme with override. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.