The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word OVERRIDES , but the solution may also be NEGATES which is one of the most recent solution (2017 in LA Times).
Countermands crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OVERRIDES | 60 % | 9 |
| NEGATES | 20 % | 7 |
| NIXES | 20 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Countermands
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- rescind
- revoke
- annul
- repeal
- reverse
- overturn
- lift
- overrides
- deprecates
- elides
- beclouded
- derange
Crossword Answer definitions
OVERRIDES noun- A mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control.
- A royalty.
- A device for prioritizing audio signals, such that certain signals receive priority over others.
- A method with the same name and signature as a method in a superclass, which runs instead of that method, when an object of the subclass is involved.
- To ride across or beyond something.
- To ride a horse too hard.
- To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority.
- To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result OVERRIDES
More clues leading to the result NEGATES
- Cancels
- Nullifies
- Cancels out
- Contradicts
- Makes not so
- Undoes
- Denies the truth of
- Counteracts
- Makes ineffective
- Rules out