defaulter
One who owes
A defaulter is someone who fails to meet a legal or financial obligation—particularly one who defaults on a loan or fails to appear in court.
In military contexts, a defaulter is a soldier guilty of a disciplinary offense: The defaulters were confined to barracks.
The term carries overtones of negligence or irresponsibility.
One who owes
- borrowerOne who takes temporarily
- deadbeatPerson avoiding owed payments
- delinquentFailing in duty
- nonpayerOne who withholds payment
bankrupt · insolvent · arrears · overdue · creditor · loan · repayment · foreclosure
One who breaks rules
- fugitiveOne fleeing authorities
- absconderOne who flees secretly
- warrantFormal authorization document
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
conviction · sentence · penalty · court · judgment · summons · contempt · noncompliance
Legal status when insolvent
- insolvencyInability to pay debts
- credit scoreNumerical measure of borrower reliability
- lenderOne who loans money
- interestAttention, stake, or fee
penalties · bailout · liabilities · nonpayment · restructuring · settlement · writedown · charge-off
Failure to follow requirements
- violationBreaking of rules
- contraventionAct violating a rule
- failureLack of success
- nonperformanceFailure to fulfill obligation
dereliction · negligence · omission · lapse · shortfall · forfeiture · broken promise · unfulfilled
debtor
One who owes
- borrowerOne who takes temporarily
- deadbeatPerson avoiding owed payments
- delinquentFailing in duty
nonpayer · bankrupt · insolvent · arrears · overdue · creditor · loan · repayment · foreclosure · collection
offender
One who breaks rules
prosecution · conviction · sentence · penalty · court · judgment · summons · contempt · noncompliance · violation
bankruptcy
Legal status when insolvent
- insolvencyInability to pay debts
- credit scoreNumerical measure of borrower reliability
- lenderOne who loans money
interest · penalties · bailout · liabilities · nonpayment · restructuring · settlement · writedown · charge-off · recovery
noncompliance
Failure to follow requirements
- violationBreaking of rules
- contraventionAct violating a rule
- failureLack of success
nonperformance · dereliction · negligence · omission · lapse · shortfall · forfeiture · broken promise · unfulfilled · reneging
deserter
One who abandons duty
draft dodger · court-martial · discharge · soldier · enlistee · truant · fugitive · absence · duty · service
- debtorsmortgage holder, bankrupt
- delinquentsjuvenile delinquent, juvenile offender, young offender, youth offender, delinquent
- freeloadersfreeloader, mooch, moocher, sponge, sponger
- policyholderspolicyholder, beneficiary, claimant, annuitant, subscriber
defaulterlender
One who loans money
creditor · mortgagee · bondholder · financier · investor
defaultercomplier
One who yields
conformer · attendee · participant · abider
- by defaultAbsent alternative intervention
- default valueAutomatic initial setting
- default settingsOriginal factory configuration
- default apps
- loan defaultFailure to repay debt
- default passwordPreconfigured authentication string