Synonyms for bankrupt

Synonyms for (noun) bankrupt

Synonyms: bankrupt, insolvent

Definition: someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts

Similar words: unsuccessful person, failure, loser, nonstarter

Definition: a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently


Synonyms for (verb) bankrupt

Synonyms: bankrupt, break, smash, ruin

Definition: reduce to bankruptcy

Usage: My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!; The slump in the financial markets smashed him

Similar words: impoverish

Definition: make poor


Synonyms for (adj) bankrupt

Synonyms: belly-up, bankrupt

Definition: financially ruined

Usage: a bankrupt company; the company went belly-up

Similar words: insolvent

Definition: unable to meet or discharge financial obligations

Usage: an insolvent person; an insolvent estate


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