overrule Antonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- repudiate
- spurn
- disdain
- veto
- proscribe
- deselect
- negative
- forbid
- scorn
- turn-down
- decline
- pass-up
- rebuff
- prohibit
- balk-at-
- pass
- disapprove
Weak:
- revoke
- stick
- contradict
- forbear
- disclaim
- nix
- refrain-from-
- back-down
- recant
- rebut
- controvert
- backtrack
- retract
- disprove
- renege
- reprobate
- disallow
- blow-off
- abstain-from-
- throw-out
- foreswear
- gainsay
- unsay
- forswear
- shoot-down
- disavow
- disagree-with-
- renounce
- refute
- dispute
- negate
- avoid
- disown
- abjure
- take-back
- recall
- bypass
- scout
- throw-over
Meaning of overrule
overrule (v)
rule against
overrule (v. t.)
To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.
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.
To supersede, reject, annul, or rule against; as, the plea, or the decision, was overruled by the court.
overrule (v. i.)
To be superior or supreme in rulling or controlling; as, God rules and overrules.
FAQs About the word overrule
rule againstTo rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority., To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against; to abrogate or alter; as, Go
refuse, ignore, withdraw, dismiss,reject, deny, repudiate, spurn, disdain,veto
welcome, adopt, choose, tolerate, take, consent, welcome, receive, swallow, agree
The judge overruled the objection to the evidence, allowing it to be admitted in court.
The President's veto power enables him to overrule acts of Congress that he disagrees with.
The company's board of directors overruled the CEO's decision to pursue a hostile takeover.
The Supreme Court's decision overruled the lower court's ruling on the constitutionality of the law.
