Thesaurus / overrules
FEEDBACKsynonyms for overrules
synonyms for overrules
- alter
- annul
- bend to one's will
- control
- countermand
- direct
- disallow
- disregard
- dominate
- govern
- ignore
- influence
- invalidate
- make null and void
- make void
- not heed
- nullify
- outvote
- outweigh
- overturn
- prevail over
- quash
- recall
- repeal
- rescind
- revoke
- ride roughshod
- rule against
- set aside
- supersede
- sway
- take no account of
- thwart
- trample
- upset
- vanquish
- veto
- invalidate
- annul
- revoke
- reverse
- veto
- void
- disallow
- nullify
- quash
- override
- overturn
- rescind
- cancel
- abrogate
- negate
- strike down
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He frequently overrules poverty, and it contributes to the good of His children.
GATHERING JEWELSJAMES KNOWLES AND MATILDA DARROCH KNOWLESThe Court overrules your objection, and fines you ten cigars for contempt of Court.
PUNCH AND JUDYWILLLIAM J. JUDDThat is to say the scion overrules the root in budding or grafting upon one or two year old seedlings.
NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE SECOND ANNUAL MEETINGNORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATIONWhen a court overrules a previous decision, it does not simply repeal it; it must pronounce it never to have been law.
AN ESSAY ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICSGEORGE SHARSWOODHe acknowledged the hand of God in all things, knowing that He overrules all things for good to those who keep His commandments.
SCRAPS OF BIOGRAPHYVARIOUSWhatever may be the real principle in totemism, it overrules the interest in an abundant food supply.
FOLKWAYSWILLIAM GRAHAM SUMNERIt overrules personal judgment and character, and puts the whole group at the mercy of the clique which is ruling at the moment.
FOLKWAYSWILLIAM GRAHAM SUMNERBut at this moment one of those events, by which Providence overrules the calculations of man, occurred.
ORANGE AND GREENG. A. HENTYHe's the only one of you that sasses back, offers objections, overrules plans.
DAVID LANNARCK, MIDGETGEORGE S. HARNEYMy talk was of that high, but perhaps suspicious type in which Imagination overrules Common Sense.
A MIND THAT FOUND ITSELFCLIFFORD WHITTINGHAM BEERS