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

4 senses of default

Sense 1
default -- (loss due to not showing up; "he lost the game by default")
       => absence -- (failure to be present)
       => loss -- (the act of losing someone or something; "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock")

Sense 2
default, nonpayment, nonremittal -- (act of failing to meet a financial obligation)
       => failure -- (an act that fails; "his failure to pass the test")

Sense 3
nonpayment, default, nonremittal -- (loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid)
       => financial loss -- (loss of money or decrease in financial value)

Sense 4
default option, default -- (an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified)
       => option, alternative, choice -- (one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen; "what option did I have?"; "there no other alternative"; "my only choice is to refuse")

Antonyms of verb default

1 sense of default

Sense 1
default, default on -- (fail to pay up)
       Antonym of pay up (Sense 1)
      => pay up, ante up, pay -- (cancel or discharge a debt; "pay up, please!")

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

1 sense of default

Sense 1
default, default on -- (fail to pay up)
       => fail, neglect -- (fail to do something; leave something undone; "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account")