Distinguished
Distinguished adjective - Having or showing a formal and serious or reserved manner.
Overriding and distinguished are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Overriding" instead an adjective "Distinguished".
Nearby Words: distinguishing, distinguishable
Overriding
Overriding adjective - Coming before all others in importance.
Usage example: the overriding question is how we will pay for this hurricane cleanup
Distinguished and overriding are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Distinguished" instead an adjective "Overriding".
Nearby Word: override
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- powerful and distinguished
- powerful and overriding
- great and distinguished
- great and overriding
- superior and distinguished
- superior and overriding
- eminent and distinguished
- eminent and overriding
- momentous and distinguished
- momentous and overriding
- important and distinguished
- important and overriding
- grand and distinguished
- grand and overriding
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