Great
Great adjective - Coming before all others in importance.
Usage example: regards global warming as the great issue of the day
Overriding and great are semantically related. in chief topic. In some cases you can use "Overriding" instead an adjective "Great".
Overriding
Overriding adjective - Coming before all others in importance.
Usage example: the overriding question is how we will pay for this hurricane cleanup
Great and overriding are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Great" instead an adjective "Overriding".
Nearby Word: override
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- David Cage has always had great moments in his games, but even back in Fahrenheit, it was noted that the overriding plotline was just weird, and didn't fit with the previous scenes.
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The overriding goal of the player's characters in the role-playing game Promethean: The Created is to complete "the Great Work" — transforming from dismembered, animated corpses into human beings.
Source: Pinocchio Syndrome
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Overriding and Great. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/great/overriding
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Overriding or Great. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/great/overriding.
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