What does overriding mean?

overriding means "having superior power and influence".

How many syllables are in overriding?

overriding has 4 syllables: o-ver-ri-ding. The stress falls on "o". In IPA it is /ˈoʊvɚˌɹaɪdɪŋ/.

What is another word for overriding?

Close synonyms include paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating. 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 overriding a common word?

overriding is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 overriding?

1 word rhymes with overriding. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

overriding — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
having superior power and influence
“the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism”
Synonymsparamount predominant predominate preponderant preponderating
Similardominant

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