Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun countermand

1 sense of countermand

Sense 1
countermand -- (a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command)
       => command, bid, bidding, dictation -- (an authoritative direction or instruction to do something)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb countermand

1 sense of countermand

Sense 1
revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate -- (cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence")
       => cancel, strike down -- (declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law")