defaults

The word “defaults” has 2 syllables: de-faults

It's pronounced as /dɪˈfɔlts/


What is synonym and antonym for defaults?

In the thesaurus, “defaults” has 14 synonyms and 16 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for defaults along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for defaults

Antonyms for defaults

  • carries out
  • discharges
  • does
  • executes
  • fulfills
  • fulfils
  • heeds
  • keeps
  • meets
  • minds
  • observes
  • performs
  • practices
  • practises
  • remembers
  • satisfies

Meanings of defaults

  • noun
    1. The condition of failing to meet an obligation.
    2. The original software programming settings as set by the factory.
    3. A loss incurred by failing to compete.
    4. A selection made in the absence of an alternative.
    5. A value used when none has been given; a tentative value or standard that is presumed.
    6. The failure of a defendant to appear and answer a summons and complaint.
    7. A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires.
    8. Lack; absence.
    9. Fault; offence; wrong act.
  • verb
    1. To fail to meet an obligation.
    2. To lose a competition by failing to compete.
    3. To assume a value when none was given; to presume a tentative value or standard.
    4. To fail to appear and answer a summons and complaint.

Example Sentences

  • The system defaults to English if no language is selected.
  • He often defaults on his financial obligations.
  • The software defaults to a safe mode after an error.
  • Many borrowers defaults cause problems for the bank.
  • The contract states what happens if the client defaults.

On this page you'll find 30 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to defaults, such as: carries out, discharges, disregards, does, executes, fails, forgets.

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Related Words

fails

  • abort
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  • disregard
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  • dissatisfies
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  • droops
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  • emaciates
  • end
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  • fault
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  • forget
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  • neglect
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  • play into
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  • repudiate
  • rots
  • run aground
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  • sinks
  • skids
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  • slight
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  • wheezes
  • wilts
  • withers
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obligations

neglects

  • abandonments
  • affront
  • be careless
  • be derelict
  • be irresponsible
  • be negligent
  • be remiss
  • brush aside
  • brush off
  • bypass
  • bypasses
  • carelessness
  • chaos
  • condemn
  • coolness
  • decays
  • decrepitudes
  • defaults
  • defer
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  • delinquency
  • depreciate
  • dereliction
  • derelictions
  • desertions
  • desolations
  • despise
  • deteriorations
  • detest
  • dilapidation
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  • discard
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  • disdain
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  • dismiss
  • disregard
  • disregardance
  • disregards
  • disrepairs
  • disrespect
  • elide
  • evade
  • fails
  • forgetfulness
  • forgets
  • gloss over
  • have nothing to do with
  • heedlessness
  • ignore
  • ignores
  • inadvertence
  • inattention
  • inattentions
  • inconsideration
  • indifference
  • lapse
  • laugh off
  • laxity
  • laxness
  • let go
  • let pass
  • let slide
  • limbo
  • live with
  • look the other way
  • lose sight of
  • make light of
  • miss
  • misses
  • misses out on
  • neglectfulness
  • negligence
  • negligences
  • not care for
  • not trouble oneself
  • omission
  • omit
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  • overleap
  • overlook
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  • overpass
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  • oversight
  • pass by
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  • pass up
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  • pay no attention to
  • pay no mind
  • pooh-poohs
  • poohs
  • postpone
  • pretermission
  • pretermit
  • pretermits
  • procrastinate
  • rebuff
  • reject
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  • remissness
  • ruinations
  • ruins
  • scant
  • scants
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  • shirk
  • shirks
  • shrug off
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  • skimp
  • skimps
  • skip
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  • slackness
  • slides
  • slight
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  • slovenliness
  • slur
  • spurn
  • suspend
  • think little of
  • thoughtlessness
  • trifle
  • tune out
  • unconcern
  • underestimate

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