Dictionary Entry
override
override is a 8-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.
- 2transitive verb
To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; as, one low overrides another; to override a veto.
- 3transitive verb
To ride beyond; to pass; to outride.
- 4transitive verb
To ride too much; to ride, as a horse, beyond its strength.
- 5noun
the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something
Synonyms
- 6noun
a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device
- 7verb
rule against
"The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"
- 8verb
ride (a horse) too hard
- 9verb
counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle)
- 10verb
prevail over
"health considerations override financial concerns"
Synonyms
Common word forms
Words from these letters
If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for OVERRIDE lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.