| Main Entry: | insolvent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | financially ruined |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, broke*, broken, busted, failed, foreclosed, in Chapter 11, in Chapter 13, in receivership, in the red, indebted, lost, on the rocks, out of money, strapped, taken to the cleaners, unbalanced, undone, wiped out |
Antonyms: |
moneyed, rich, solvent, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | bankrupt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unable to pay debts |
Synonyms: |
broke, depleted, destitute, exhausted, failed, impoverished, in Chapter 11, insolvent, lacking, lost, out of business, ruined, spent, tapped out |
Antonyms: |
rich, solvent, wealthy |
| 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: | destitute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | down and out; wanting |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, beggared, bereft, busted, dead broke, deficient, depleted, deprived of, devoid of, dirt poor, divested, drained, empty, exhausted, flat broke, flat*, impecunious, impoverished, in need of, indigent, insolvent, lacking, moneyless, necessitous, needy, on the breadline, on the rocks, penniless, penurious, pinched, played out, poor, poverty-stricken, stony, strapped, stripped, totaled, wiped out, without |
Antonyms: |
lucky, prosperous, rich, secure, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | down-and-out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | destitute |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, beaten, beggared, broke, broken, defeated, derelict, destitute, finished, impoverished, in the gutter, in the poorhouse, in the red, insolvent, moneyless, needy, on the skids, out of funds, outcast, penniless, poverty-stricken, ruined, vagabond, vagrant |
Antonyms: |
rich, wealthy, well-to-do |
| Main Entry: | failure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who does not succeed |
Synonyms: |
also-ran, bankrupt, beat*, born loser, bum, castaway, deadbeat, defaulter, derelict, disappointment, dud, flop, good-for-nothing, has-been, incompetent, insolvent, loafer, loser, lumpy, might-have-been, moocher, no-good, nobody, nonperformer, prodigal, turkey, underachiever, washout |
Antonyms: |
achiever, success |
| 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: | impoverished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor, exhausted |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, barren, beggared, broke, clean, depleted, destitute, distressed, drained, empty, flat broke, flat*, have-not, hurting, impecunious, indigent, insolvent, necessitous, needy, penurious, played out, poverty-stricken, reduced, ruined, spent, sterile, strapped |
Antonyms: |
enriched, full, plentiful, rich |
| Main Entry: | pauper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is poor |
Synonyms: |
almsperson, bankrupt, beggar, bum, dependent, destitute, down-and-out, have-not, homeless person, in the gutter, indigent, insolvent, lazarus, mendicant, poor person, supplicant |
Antonyms: |
rich, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | poor |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lacking sufficient money |
Synonyms: |
bad off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, behind eight ball, broke*, destitute, dirt poor, down-and-out, empty-handed, flat broke, flat*, fortuneless, hard up, impecunious, impoverished, in need, in want, indigent, insolvent, low, meager, moneyless, necessitous, needy, pauperized, penniless, penurious, pinched, poverty-stricken, reduced, scanty*, stone broke, strapped, suffering, truly needy, underprivileged, unprosperous |
Antonyms: |
affluent, rich, wealthy |