DEFAULTS Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

defaults

verb

present tense third-person singular of default

as in ignores

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Recent Examples of defaults If the borrower defaults on the loan, or is in virtual default, the private equity firm could sue, and accept equity rather than cash. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for defaults

Verb

Any strategy that ignores that skepticism is unlikely to survive the next election or to be funded by the Congress that is likely to emerge from it.

— Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2026
But the unbridled embrace of aquaculture as a sustainable answer to feeding the planet ignores some very real costs.

— Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of ignores

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The articles by Davidson and Craven in this sense exemplify a broader transphobic trend in the UK legacy media that minimizes or omits reference to the suffering of trans people.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
The study also omits key context her research has found which shows that approval for political violence shows up on both sides of the spectrum for people with the strongest partisan identities.

— Lisa Hagen, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of omits

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The spacecraft must launch when the station’s orbital plane passes over the launch site.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
When the lead satellite passes over something big — for example, a glacier — the object’s gravity pulls the lead satellite faster, creating a larger, measurable gap between it and the follower satellite.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026