Synonyms for de fault
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : dih-fawlt |
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfɔlt |
Top 10 synonyms for de fault Other synonyms for the word de fault
- abjure
- abortion
- abridgement
- apostatize
- arrears
- banish
- bankruptcy
- be against
- be careless
- be cleaned out
- be impoverished
- be in arrears
- be reduced
- be ruined
- be taken to the cleaners
- become insolvent
- become poorer
- bereave
- bilk
- blank
- blemish
- blunder
- bomb
- botch
- break
- break one's promise
- breakdown
- bug
- bungle
- bust
- cancellation
- capitulate
- cast
- cast off
- Chapter 11
- Chapter Eleven
- Chapter XI
- chasm
- checkmate
- close down
- close one's doors
- collapse
- consume
- cop out
- crash
- crime
- curtailment
- cut off
- cutting out
- dead horse
- decay
- decline
- decrease
- defalcate
- defalcation
- default
- defeat
- defect
- defectiveness
- deficit
- defraud
- delinquency
- demerit
- demur
- deny
- deplete
- depletion
- deprivation
- dereliction
- desert
- destituteness
- destitution
- deterioration
- die
- disacknowledge
- disapprove
- disavow
- discard
- disclaim
- dishonor
- disinherit
- dismiss
- disown
- displace
- dispossess
- disregard
- disregardance
- dissipate
- distress
- divest
- downfall
- drain
- drop
- drop a bundle
- drown
- due bill
- dues
- dump
- elimination
- elision
- end
- error
- evade
- excluding
- exclusion
- exhaust
- exhaustion
- exigency
- exiguity
- exiguousness
- expend
- fail
- fail to keep
- failing
- failure
- fall
- fall short
- false step
- famine
- fault
- faux pas
- fiasco
- finish
- flash in the pan
- flaw
- flop
- flush
- fly in the face of
- fold
- forfeit
- forget
- forgetfulness
- forsake
- founder
- frailty
- frustration
- gap
- give up
- glitch
- go bankrupt
- go belly up
- go broke
- go bust
- go down
- go into Chapter 11
- go out of business
- go to the wall
- go under
- go up
- hiatus
- ignoring
- impecuniousness
- imperfection
- implosion
- impoverishment
- in hock
- in the hole
- in the red
- inability to hack it
- inadequacy
- inadvertence
- inadvertency
- inattention
- incompleteness
- indebtedness
- indigence
- inferiority
- infrequency
- insolvency
- insufficience
- insufficiency
- lack
- lacuna
- lapse
- lavish
- laxity
- lead balloon
- leave town
- leaving out
- lemon
- liquidation
- lose big
- lose one's shirt
- loser
- loss
- meagerness
- meet under arch
- mess
- misadventure
- misbehavior
- miscarriage
- miscue
- misdeed
- misdemeanor
- mishap
- misplace
- miss
- missing
- misspend
- misstep
- mistake
- necessity
- need
- neediness
- neglect
- nix
- nonfeasance
- noninclusion
- nonobservance
- nonpayment
- nonperformance
- nonsuccess
- offense
- omission
- oust
- overdraft
- overdraw
- overlook
- overlooking
- oversight
- overthrow
- pass up
- passing over
- paucity
- pauperism
- penury
- poorness
- poverty
- preclusion
- preterition
- pretermission
- privation
- prohibition
- put on the cuff
- rareness
- rat
- recant
- receivership
- red ink
- reduction
- refuse
- relinquish
- renounce
- repeal
- reprobate
- repudiate
- repudiation
- rescind
- retract
- retrenchment
- reverse
- revoke
- rob
- rout
- ruin
- ruination
- run out on
- rupture
- sacrifice
- scantiness
- scantness
- scarcity
- see in the alley
- shirk
- shortage
- shortcoming
- shortfall
- shortness
- shrinkage
- shrinking
- sin
- sink
- sinking ship
- skate
- skimpiness
- skip
- skip out on
- slight
- slighting
- slightness
- slim pickings
- slip
- slipup
- sparsity
- spurn
- squander
- stalemate
- stiff
- stint
- stoppage
- submerse
- submit
- succumb
- suffer
- suffer loss
- suffocate
- surrender
- swindle
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- terminate
- total loss
- transgression
- turkey
- turn
- turn down
- uncommonness
- underage
- use up
- vice
- want
- wash one's hands of
- washout
- waste
- weakness
- weasel out
- welch
- welsh
- withholding
- wreck
- wrongdoing
- yield
Définition of de fault
Origin :- early 13c., "offense, crime, sin," later (late 13c.) "failure, failure to act," from Old French defaute (12c.) "fault, defect, failure, culpability, lack, privation," from Vulgar Latin *defallita "a deficiency or failure," past participle of *defallere, from Latin de- "away" (see de-) + fallere "to deceive, to cheat; to put wrong, to lead astray, cause to be mistaken; to escape notice of, be concealed from" (see fail (v.)). The financial sense is first recorded 1858; the computing sense is from 1966.
- As in lack : noun deficiency, need
- As in miss : noun failure
- As in omission : noun something forgotten or excluded
- As in oversight : noun failure, omission
- As in bankruptcy : noun inability to pay debts
- As in shortfall : noun deficit; imperfection
- As in want : noun lack, need
- As in Chapter 11 : noun declaring bankruptcy
- As in nonpayment : noun failure
- As in nonfeasance : noun failure
- As in dearth : noun insufficiency, scarcity
- As in default : noun failure; want
- As in deficiency : noun imperfection, inadequacy
- As in deficit : noun shortage of something needed, required
- As in delinquency : noun misconduct
- As in lose : verb be deprived of; mislay
- As in renege : verb go back on one's word
- As in repudiate : verb reject; turn one's back on
- As in default : verb dodge payment
- As in fail : verb lose money
- As in go under : verb fail, submerge
Antonyms for de fault
- abundance
- accept
- accomplish
- accomplishment
- accumulate
- accuracy
- achieve
- achievement
- acknowledge
- addition
- adequacy
- admit
- advantage
- affluence
- agree
- allow
- allowance
- approve
- ascent
- attention
- bear
- begin
- benefit
- betterment
- blessing
- capture
- care
- certainty
- closure
- collect
- commence
- complete
- confront
- consent
- continuation
- continue
- continuity
- correction
- correctness
- create
- deliver
- development
- disinterest
- dislike
- do
- earn
- emphasize
- enforce
- enlargement
- enough
- excess
- expansion
- extra
- face
- faultlessness
- fight
- fill
- finish
- gain
- gather
- give
- go along
- good behavior
- good deed
- grant
- hate
- hoard
- hold
- hold on to
- ignorance
- improvement
- inclusion
- increase
- insertion
- juncture
- keep
- kindness
- lot
- luxury
- maintain
- meet
- merit
- obedience
- obtain
- pay
- payment
- perfection
- permission
- plentifulness
- plenty
- plethora
- procure
- profusion
- prosper
- reach
- recollection
- refuse
- regard
- remembrance
- respect
- retain
- richness
- right
- rise
- sanction
- satisfaction
- save
- solvency
- start
- starve
- strength
- strong point
- succeed
- success
- sufficiency
- superfluity
- superfluousness
- surplus
- take
- triumph
- truth
- wealth
- welcome
- win
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