overrule
overrule is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.
- transitive verb. To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against; to abrogate or alter; as, God overrules the purposes of men; the chairman overruled the point of order.
- transitive verb. To supersede, reject, annul, or rule against; as, the plea, or the decision, was overruled by the court.
- intransitive verb. To be superior or supreme in rulling or controlling; as, God rules and overrules.
- verb. rule against
"The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"
Synonyms
override, overthrow, overturn, reverse
Common word forms
overruled, overruler, overrules, overruling
Words from these letters
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