| Main Entry: | broke |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without money |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, beggared, bust, cleaned out, destitute, dirt poor, flat broke, impoverished, in Chapter 11, in debt, indebted, indigent, insolvent, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, ruined, stone broke, strapped, tapped out |
Antonyms: |
affluent, rich, solvent, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | clear out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | empty something |
Synonyms: |
clean out, dispose of, eliminate, exhaust, get rid of, remove, sort, tidy up |
Antonyms: |
fill, fill up, put |
| Main Entry: | impecunious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poverty-stricken |
Synonyms: |
beggared, broke*, cleaned out, destitute, dirt poor, homeless, impoverished, indigent, insolvent, necessitous, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, strapped, unprosperous |
Antonyms: |
moneyed, rich, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | penniless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without any money |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, broke*, clean*, cleaned out, dead broke, destitute, dirt poor, down to last penny, flat broke, flat*, impecunious, impoverished, in the gutter, indigent, lacking, moneyless, necessitous, needy, on last leg, over a barrel, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken, ruined, strapped, tapped out, without a dime |
Antonyms: |
affluent, rich, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | ruin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devastate, destroy |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, beggar, botch, break, bring down, bring to ruin, bust, clean out, crush, decimate, deface, defeat, defile, demolish, deplete, deplore, depredate, desecrate, despoil, devour, dilapidate, disfigure, do in, drain, exhaust, fleece, impoverish, injure, lay waste, maim, make a mess of, mangle, mar, mutilate, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, pauperize, pillage, rape, ravish, raze, reduce, sack, shatter, smash, spoil, spoilate, total, use up, wipe out, wrack, wreak havoc on, wreck |
| Notes: | rack is destruction and ruin is destitution; in rack and ruin, rack is a variation of wrack and wreck |
Antonyms: |
build, construct, create, develop, grow |
| Main Entry: | shake up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset, unsettle |
Synonyms: |
agitate, break with past, cause revolution, churn up, clean out, clean up, clear out, disturb, liquidate, make a clean sweep, mix, overturn, purge, remove, reorganize, rid, shock, stir up, turn upside down |
Antonyms: |
calm, placate, soothe |
| Main Entry: | pauperize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ruin |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, beggar, botch, break*, bring down, bring to ruin, bust, clean out, crush, decimate, deface, defeat, defile, demolish, deplete, deplore, depredate, desecrate, despoil, devour, dilapidate, disfigure, do in, drain, exhaust, fleece, impoverish, injure, lay waste, maim, make a mess of, mangle, mar, mutilate, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, pillage, rape, ravish, raze, reduce, sack, shatter, smash, spoil, spoilate, total*, use up, wipe out, wrack, wreak havoc on, wreck |