Cast and Default

Cast

Cast verb - To throw or give off.

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Default and cast are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Default" instead a verb "Cast".

Nearby Words: casting, castled, caster

Default verb - Fail to pay up.

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Cast and default are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cast" instead a verb "Default".

Nearby Words: defaulter, defaulting, defaulted

good	good cast	good default
female	female cast	female default
usual	usual cast	usual default
current	current cast	current default
Other adjectives: original, many, due, real, male, big, great, new, secondary, less, larger, several, recurring, previous.

turn	cast turn	default turn
variety	cast variety	default variety

By default, the game qualifies for this trope just for including Cecil and Kuja in the same cast.

Source: Cast Full of Pretty Boys
Then, very far into the game, it subverts this with a default answer that kills the entire cast if chosen, with no indication this choice is any different from the others.

Source: But Thou Must!
A fairly common variant is a spell cast on the casters minion by default that directly or indirectly benefits the caster as well.

Source: No Self Buffs

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Default and Cast. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cast/default

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