Need another word that means the same as “default”? Find 21 synonyms and 30 related words for “default” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Default” are: default option, nonpayment, nonremittal, failure to pay, normal, standard, usual, stock, ordinary, regular, routine, set, default on, fail to pay, not pay, renege, fail to honour, back out, backtrack, backslide, revert
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “default” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| default option | Act of failing to meet a financial obligation. |
| failure to pay | A person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently. |
| nonpayment | Act of failing to meet a financial obligation. He was indicted for nonpayment. |
| nonremittal | Loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid. |
| normal | A line at right angles to a given line or surface. The view is along the normal to the surface. |
| ordinary | Any of the simplest principal charges used in coats of arms (especially chief, pale, bend, fess, bar, chevron, cross, saltire). Not out of the ordinary. |
| regular | A soldier in the regular army. The absence of four first team regulars. |
| routine | A set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program. I settled down into a routine of work and sleep. |
| set | The descent of a heavenly body below the horizon. Before the set of sun. |
| standard | A tree or shrub that grows on an erect stem of full height. They live by the standards of their community. |
| stock | A portion of a company s stock as held by an individual or group as an investment. Geographically separate stocks of some species are recognized. |
| usual | The thing which is typically done or present. My usual please she said to the barman. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “default” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| back out | Give support or one’s approval to. |
| backslide | Drop to a lower level, as in one’s morals or standards. There are many things that can cause slimmers to backslide. |
| backtrack | Pursue, trace, or monitor. Marilyn backtracked and went down into the basement. |
| default on | Fail to pay up. |
| fail to honour | Fall short in what is expected. |
| fail to pay | Fall short in what is expected. |
| not pay | Convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow. |
| renege | Fail to fulfill a promise or obligation. There s one of them anyhow that didn t renege him. |
| revert | Reply or respond to someone. We texted both Farah and Shirish but neither of them reverted. |
| accrue | Make provision for (a charge) at the end of a financial period for work that has been done but not yet invoiced. They accrue entitlements to holiday pay. |
| amortize | Liquidate gradually. Eighty per cent of the proceeds has been used to amortize the public debt. |
| belie | Be in contradiction with. His lively alert manner belied his years. |
| contradict | Be in contradiction with. He did not contradict what he said last week. |
| creditor | A person or company to whom money is owing. Creditor banks. |
| debenture | A certificate or voucher acknowledging a debt. |
| debt | The state of owing something (especially money. He is badly in debt. |
| deny | Deny formally an allegation of fact by the opposing party in a legal suit. Both firms deny any responsibility for the tragedy. |
| disavow | Deny any responsibility or support for. Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children. |
| disbursement | A payment, especially one made by a solicitor to a third party and then claimed back from the client. The bill includes unpaid professional disbursements. |
| holder | A smallholder. An umbrella holder. |
| liquidation | The act of exterminating. The company went into liquidation. |
| loan | Lend (a sum of money or item of property. Loan me some money. |
| misrepresent | Represent falsely. You are misrepresenting the views of the government. |
| moneylender | Someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest. |
| moratorium | A temporary prohibition of an activity. A moratorium on the use of drift nets. |
| negate | Deny the truth of. Alcohol negates the effects of the drug. |
| negation | A proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false. The negation of A is briefly not A. |
| neutralize | Make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of. Counter intelligence programmes designed to neutralize individuals. |
| nullify | Make legally null and void; invalidate. Judges were unwilling to nullify government decisions. |
| owe | Owe something especially money to. I owe it to him to explain what s happened. |
| owing | Owed as a debt. No rent was owing. |
| refinance | Finance (something) again, typically with new loans at a lower rate of interest. Companies must refinance 20 billion of warrants and bonds. |
| repayment | The act of returning money received previously. Minimum monthly repayments. |
| rescind | Cancel officially. The government eventually rescinded the directive. |
| undesirable | One whose presence is undesirable. Rounding up vagrants and drunks and other undesirables. |
| unpaid | Without payment. Unpaid bills. |
| usury | An exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest. The medieval prohibition on usury. |
| veto | A rejection by right of veto. The royal power of veto. |
| wages | A recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing. The wages of sin is death. |
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