default option

1. 1.

   an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified

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Questions about default option

What does default option mean?

default option means "an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified".

What is another word for default option?

Close synonyms include default. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is default option a common word?

default option is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.